My Dear BoyAfter the death of Joanie Holzer Schirms 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. As she worked through these materials documenting the life of her father, Oswald Valdik Holzer, she learned of her family history and his remarkable