#WWII | Ronni Sanlo

Published February 16, 2020

Musings of an Aging Lesbian

There was a program this week about WWII Europe. It shared letters that soldiers wrote to their wives back home. The program touched me deeply. I remember my father’s letters to my mother which was the impetus for my new play The Soldier and the Time Traveler. One day, about 10 years ago, my father

Published February 9, 2020

Musings of an Aging Lesbian

This has been a very difficult week politically which is affecting my life emotionally. Trump has been given a green light by congress to do whatever he darned well pleases, removing his guilt for his tremendous international crimes. His immediate response wad to fire those who testified in favor of the American people and against

Published February 1, 2018

Today in LGBT History – February 1

If you are neutral about situations of injustice, you have chosen side of the oppressor. –Desmond Tutu, on a sign at the Peoples March on Washington, Jan. 27, 2018 Learning our history is resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – February 1 1902 –

Published June 7, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 7

I cringe every time I write about an Anita Bryant-related historical issue. Her actions affected me deeply – and painfully – for decades. I had an experience yesterday that reminded me – yet again – that I am responsible for my actions, and that for every event in my life, I had a role in

Published June 6, 2017

Today in LGBT History – June 6

Today is the anniversary of D-Day when British, Canadian and US soldiers – 160,000 of them – landed on Normandy beaches in treacherous weather, initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany. Kelly and I, along with some friends, visited Normandy five years ago. We went to Juno and Omaha beaches and then to

Published September 18, 2016

The 42nd Rainbow Division reunion and book launch

My book The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust: WWII Germany, January-May 1945 launched last week at a very special event. (It’s now available on Amazon and Kindle.) Last week Kelly and I went to Albany, NY, to attend the annual reunion of the 42nd Rainbow Division, the army unit featured in The Soldier, the Avatar,

Published September 3, 2016

Jews to wear the Yellow Star…

On September 1, 1941, Jews had to begin wearing a large yellow Star of David on their outer clothing to identify who they were. During this current horrendous presidential campaign, Donald Trump has suggested that some populations of people be marked similarly. Have we not learned anything? Will history repeat itself right here on U.S. soil? We

Published August 29, 2016

How The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust came about

I’ve been asked how The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust came about. My father wrote over 500 letters to my mother when he was a young newly-married soldier in 1944-1946. I didn’t know that my mother had kept every one of them for all these decades. One day she showed them to my sisters

Published August 26, 2016

Adding WWII history to the Story

Welcome! Thank you for being among those who are making pre-publication orders of The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust! Your books will ship during the first half of September. I’m looking forward to the actual book launch! It’s in Albany, NY, during the weekend of September 9th. My father’s army unit, the 42nd Rainbow

Published August 18, 2016

New Book, New Blog!

Welcome to my book blog! I’m excited to share my five years’ worth of research, interviewing, and writing! The Soldier, the Avatar, and the Holocaust is about my father and his WWII experience in Europe, but the story is told from the point of view of a 2017 teenage girl. Beth time-travels back to 1945 to

Dear Anita Bryant: The Play
A one-act readers’ theater play, both dramatic and humorous, that shares the challenges of pain and the power of forgiveness as it tells stories of LGBTQ history. Now available at Amazon. Purchase your copy here.

The Soldier and the Time Traveler
A one-act readers' theater play of a teen girl from 2019 who travels back to 1945 to accompany her 19 year old great-grandfather, a Jewish American soldier, through the last five months of WWII and the liberation of Dachau. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. Script available August 1, 2019.

The Hunted
A one-act readers theater play that presents the 1950s witch hunts of homosexuals by the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee in Florida's universities. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. In process.

Allegory!
A multiple monologue readers theater of LGBT people in recovery from alcohol and drugs. The stories are heartwarming, painful, humorous, delicate, passionate, and powerful. Complete with powerpoint slides for setting scenes. In process.