New Year’s eve

  • Johan Hartog(December 26, 1939 – December 31, 1944) A winter dawn in Eindhoven’s sky,A child was born with a gentle cry.Johan Hartog, a soul so new,Unknowing of the path he’d rue. A boy whose laughter lit the air,Innocence woven in threads—so rare.Small hands reached for toys, for dreams,Eyes alight with childhood gleams. But the world

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  • New Year’s Eve World War II

    Despite the war raging throughout the world—there were still some times to celebrate some events. The celebrations in this post are impressions of New Year’s Eve in New York in 1941 and San Francisco in 1943. Sources https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2018/12/30/new-years-eve-1943-a-closer-look/

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