Category: Starred Posts
The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War
The Second World War left Europe in ruins and millions of people with out homes or hundreds of miles from their homes. Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted such an outcome in 1939. FDR stated the end of the war would bring about “the problem of the human refugee”(Cohen, 1). In 1943, two years prior to the … Continue reading “The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War”
The Decision for a Displaced Person
http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa25807 Reisele Kirkel was only two months old when Germany invaded Lithuania. Her mother and siblings died in concentration camps, but she survived due to her mother’s efforts to hide her. In this photograph, she posed with her doll… Continue Reading →
The Story of Leni Freiwald
“They Called Me Leni,” a book about a kidnapped Czech girl, sent to be raised in Germany.
Leni Freiwald is a fictional character from Czech writer Zdenka Bezdekova’s book entitled, “They Called me Leni.” She was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946 and named Alena Sykorova. Kidnapped from her home in Czech, she was taken […]
