Synopsis

Posted by Convivial on Feb 17, 2015 in Hess Family |

A young NYC Jewish engineer’s 1946 trek to the American Southwest finds unexpected top secret...

Popped In On Tikva Records Pop-Up Store & Concert Series

Posted by Convivial on Dec 15, 2014 in Awesome |

Amazing opportunity to stop in and to attend the opening of Tikva Records opening in San Francisco. Put on...

East Bay House Party Fundraiser

Posted by Convivial on Nov 15, 2014 in Fundraiser |

Our first public fundraiser for our project. Andrea Hess, the youngest daughter of Sanford O. Hess, and her...

Sanford Oscar Hess Birth Announcement, 1925

Posted by Convivial on May 24, 2014 in Hess Family |

Today Private Sandy Hess, my father, would be 87 years old, if he were still living on earth. He’s been gone...

First Orders Reveals Work With German Rocket Scientists

Posted by Convivial on Mar 3, 2014 in Letters |

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Rockets & Ephemerals @ Prelinger Library

Posted by Convivial on Jan 22, 2014 in Letters |

Amazing research day with Rick and Megan Prelinger at The Prelinger Library. The stacks of books,...

The Story

Posted by Convivial on Nov 3, 2013 in Hess Family | 0 comments

In LETTER FROM CLOUDCROFT, a daughter uncovers the alliance between American and German rocket scientists in...

Opening The 1946 Letter From Cloudcroft

Posted by Convivial on Nov 10, 2012 in Documentary, Hess Family, Letters | 0 comments

Opening The Letter From Cloudcroft Symposium Speakers The unopened 1946 letter and associated intact letter...

My Grandmother’s Cookie Jar

Posted by Convivial on Apr 25, 2012 in Hess Family |

I have a cookie jar story to share that connects the present with the past. On a bitter cold day in December...

Trek to Trinity

Posted by Convivial on Apr 11, 2012 in Behind the Scenes |

Last weekend, a triad of historic, scientific and spiritually significant events occurred within three days....

The Same Block House View – 65 Years Later

Posted by Convivial on Mar 15, 2012 in Behind the Scenes |

Standing in the middle of the dark bunker lit only by the sunlight streaming through the wide open door and...

Reaction to – Jewish Voice From Germany

Posted by Convivial on Feb 13, 2012 in German |

On the Jewish Voice From Germany Facebook Page wrote: “Thank you so much! Warm greetings from...