To Steve Hirschhorn

From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:38 PM
To: Steve Hirschhorn
Subject: The Rosenbergs...

Me again...

Just thinking...

A few years ago, Walter and I started to write about our (ilustrious?) family, the Rosenbergs, starting from my Grandfather Jacob (also your father, Joschi's (Jo's) Rosenberg, a quite brilliant, well travelled(like YOU.:))), multi-lingual (spoke nine languages etc.,Individual. We visualized another "Forsythe Saga" (Galsworthy)or "The Buddenbrocks" (Thomas Mann?), but never got very far and the project sort of died along the way...I have a mountain of notes and tries and so must have Walter.

I thought, you might be the one who could make a "Bestseller" out of the story, I think you are a gifted writer, very detailed. You should consider this a Side project - I imagine, you would have to take tape recordings, personal interviews, may be, etc. What do you think -interested?

Incidentally, a bit of memory lane walking: Did you know, that Hermann Hirschhorn, Jo's father, who died before I was born (TB), was a gifted Violinist? Also, Walter father, Emil, a Gentile Rumanian Nobleman, was converted to Judaism, before Hermine's father, Jacob, would consent to their marriage? (Your Granny was a widow with two children at that time, Joschi and Julie). So Walter is biologically considered half Jewish, half Gentile and so probably found it easier, not to get too involved with the Jewish community, when his family moved to England. After what Hitler did to the Jews, I can't blame him...There used to be a saying: "It's hard to be a Jew"...
So if you do have a choice, chances are, you take the other side...

Think about the above!

Hope all is well with you and yours!

Love,
Lisa