The Foreign Service Journal, June 2008

troduced herself. She had traveled to Nigeria from Australia, arriving only the day before. She told us the story of her family. They had never been devout in their Judaism. In fact, their mother was not even Jewish. Yet she understood completely her sister’s last wish. Their father, now deceased, was a Holocaust survivor who had reached Australia soon after the war. Nina was the oldest child and very close to her father. Even though Nina had lived in Nigeria for 35 years, this was Margaret’s first visit to the country. A tinge of regret entered her voice, pos- sibly for not coming sooner. Her eyes moistened. But she soon brightened up. “This place is interesting,” she said. “Perhaps I can spend some time here and travel around.” Nina would have liked that. J U N E 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 55