What events in history have effected you, your parents and grandparents?

Answer 1

My Mother and Granparents were living in the Sudeten Region when Hitler began making noise. They were relatively well off and remarkably aware that there was a Holocaust coming. They packed up a scant few possesions, what they could carry and fled for safety - - - the wrong way. Those in their group who were going the right way were snatched up by the Gestapo. My grandparents & mother made it out of Czeckoslovakia across Germany and found haven in Holland. Then Hitler ordered his armies to attack Holland! Grandparents & Mom (about seven at the time) booked passage to England aboard the Amsterdam. A fellow ship, the Rotterdam, struck a mine on the way out of harbor blowing up alongside of them, her survivors were crowded aboard the Amsterdam. Cabins for four were now crowded with eight to ten people. What was to be a one to two day crossing to England became a month long ordeal as England announced it too was in the midst of War and that taking on refugees wouldn't be smart. Therefore Granparents & Mother spent a month in a crowded cabin while their ship dodged German submarines. To this day my Mother dislikes boats.
A 'funny' Holocaust story. A Great-Great Uncle was scheduled to depart Austria ahead of the Nazis. A friend told him that skiing in America was terrible, so this Uncle squeezed in a day of sking in the Austrian Alps, hit a tree and died..

Oh and my grandfather was a decoarated war hero during World War One fighting for the Austrian Army and carried a bullet in his jaw for forty years.

Peace...

Answer 2

For starters, the persecution of the Jews in Eastern Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries created the reason for my grandparents to immigrate to the United States for religious freedom. Later, the Second World War affected both my parents - Dad fought with the Marines in the South Pacific because he felt that if he went to fight in Europe and the Nazis caught him, it would be the camps for him, only worse because he was a Jew.
Because my Mother was Christian, I was raised as a Christian but will fight to my last breath to work for tolerance and religious freedom everywhere.

Answer 3

Me-Vietnam
Parents-WW2
Grand parents-Great Immigration at the turn of the century (20th century, forgot)

Parents & Grandparents-Great Depression

Answer 4

Grandparents-WW2
Me,parents and grandparents - wars in ex Yugoslavia, NATO bombing '99, democratic revolution in Serbia

Answer 5

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Answer 6

EVERY MAJOR EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY IN SOME WAY AFFECTS EVERY PERSON ON EARTH. THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR HAD LOST AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE UNIVERSE THEORY. MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT FOR YOU.

Answer 7

My Grandad was in the Navy in WW2 when my mum was born and i'm sure the vikings had something to do with it all somewhere down the lines!

Answer 8

2nd world war my (grand)parents. Me personally: war in ex Yugoslavia and finally bombing 1999, where consequences will probably feel my (grand)children.