Between the four of us, we had something like 200+ pictures from our day at Mystic Seaport. I thought I'd add two more of my favorites.One of my photographer, Kate. And another picture of the seaport framed in shadow and with Kate having a look out over the water. It was a peaceful day.
One exhibit I wanted to mention was of the Gerda III, which was a Danish workboat during WWII. In 1943 it was used to ferry Jewish refuges from occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden. The refuges were smuggled aboard and hidden in the cargo hold of this small boat. Although it was regularly boarded and inspected by German soldiers, they were never discovered.
The Gerda III rescued approximately 300 Jews taking 10 - 15 people at a time to safety. The boat was part of a spontaneous effort by Danes who rescued roughly 7000 Jews --- nearly the entire Danish Jewish population were saved from the hands of the Germans. Now that is an amazing story!
Beautiful photos of Kate! That is an amazing story of the Gerda III and the rescue of the Danes! With as long as the trip must have taken, it's incredible they were able to rescue so many!
ReplyDeleteThis has been a fabulous series and great photo's! Enjoyed reading the stories!
ReplyDeleteWhat great photos. Kate is such a beauty :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of Kate! I love the stories of innocents people being saved by brave people. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing story!
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet pics of both Anne and Kate :)
That is quite a story of human kindness and beauty. That and the pictures of your gorgeous daughter are well worth the encore :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and a great story of how some Europeans really tried to help the Jewish people. I haven't been to Mystic in years. I loved stopping there when we were living in Maine and traveling home to NJ.
ReplyDeleteNice photos!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing story! Your daughter is so beautiful! Love the pictures ;o)
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos. That portrait image of your daughter is great. I lover her expression. And she is such a pretty girl.
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