Description After the death of Joanie Holzer Schirm\'s parents in 2000, she found hundreds of letters, held together by rusted paperclips and stamped with censor marks, sent from Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, China, and South and North America, along with journals, vintage film, taped interviews, and photographs.
In working through these various materials documenting the life of her father, Oswald "Valdik" Holzer, she learned of her family hiStory through his remarkable experienc.
Description After the death of Joanie Holzer Schirm\'s parents in 2000, she found hundreds of letters, held together by rusted paperclips and stamped with censor marks, sent from Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, China, and South and North America, along with journals, vintage film, taped interviews, and photographs
