Natalie Torban

Mission City Voices: One Autobahn Exit Away from My Family’s Past

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Mission City Voices Natalie Torban, Nazi concentration camp in Germany, Pocking

In late December, I was asleep in the car on a road trip from western Germany to Vienna, while my friend drove through the snow. I was in and out of a jet-lagged haze, and I finally opened my eyes near the Austrian border. The first thing I saw was a road sign for Pocking, … Read more

Love, War and Miracles

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I want to tell you a story about miracles, about war, and about love. My grandparents grew up in the same city, Beltsy, in modern day Moldova. When they were born it was Romania, and when they were teens it was annexed by Russia. They had gone to school together. And, in 1941 when they … Read more