English

Self-Portrait
The left side is of my grandfather Vincent Sanchis Amades
and the right of myself Dean Burrier Sanchis

Timeline 

Timeline of my Grandfather's life, my life and my investigations.

A Life Between Two Shores 
(Part 1 of 2)        (Part 2 of 2)

A two part story entitled "A Life Between Two Shores" covers the journey of this blog, a five year journey of self-discovery as I researched my Spanish ancestral roots, following the lost trail of a grandfather who I never had the opportunity to meet.

Teaching Institute Leads to POW’s Letter

March 13, 2015

By The editors

Among the high school teachers who attended ALBA’s teaching institute at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington last November was Dean Burrier Sanchis, a Spanish teacher at Elk Grove High School near Chicago, and the grandson of Lincoln veteran Vincent Sanchis Amades. Dean brought along a letter his grandfather wrote soon after he was released from the prisoner-of-war camp at San Pedro de Cardeña in 1939. He was having trouble deciphering the handwriting and Peter Carroll helped him with the task. We print here Dean’s letter to ALBA, followed by his grandfather’s letter, titled “This is Fascism.”

Interview with Augustana College website