Laurence had a one-of-a-kind appearance. He rode along on the Nagasaki mission. A fascinating, controversial figure.pic.twitter.com/dqSikzGhCd
@wellerstein Born Leib Wolf Siew, the teenage Laurence escaped from Russia to Germany by being smuggled out in a pickle barrel.
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@wellerstein Wasn't that Lithuania? Or the Soviet Union? -
@cherylrofer It was in 1905, so it was part of the Russian empire, but was later Lithuania.
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