Thank you Rose, For putting our attention to "Money for Freedom" and the Exodus of Romania's German-speaking Minority where through the Lawyer Heinz Guenther Huesch Germany paid some 40 years ago around 500 million Euros to the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu for the privilege of extracting most of 220,000 ethnic Germans still residing in Romania. Not quite 10 years ago there were still 11,000 ethnic Germans (Siebenbuerger Sachsen and Danube Swabians) living there. Many managed later to reach the West via a visit to Budapest, where they applied for immigration visas to who ever wanted them. Some reached the Canadian shores in the last few years, most of them highly educated professionals. Just another part of our Danube Swabian history. See you all in Mt. Angel come September! Rosina www.hrastovac.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Vetter" <rosevetter@gmail.com> To: <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:24 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] Ransom Paid for Freedom of Romania's Ethnic Germans > Yesterday, DW-TV, the German world news network, featured a story about > the > Ceausescu regime's release of about 220,000 ethnic Germans. This was by > far > not an act of charity, but a huge money-making scheme, at the same time an > ethnic cleansing operation. > > Listen to the video for the full sordid story. In the "People & Politics" > box click on the title "Money for Freedom - the Exodus of Romania's > German-speaking minority" > . > http://www.dw-world.de/dw/episode/0,,5647235,00.html > > Werner Salm, who escaped from Lindenfeld, Banat as a young man, is also > interviewed in this story. He went back to his hometown years later and > found that it had turned into a ghost town. Below is a link to the towns > of > Reschitza and Lindenfeld - a tragedy. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBN74AC_xlA > > Rose Vetter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Rose; I must echo Rosina's comments. Although we get Deutsche Welle on our local TV I apparently missed the episode your refer to. I also appreciate the lead on You tube which I had never looked at. By putting Banat into the search slot I found videos already up on the 2010 Heimattag in Ulm. Dave Dreyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosina T Schmidt" <rosinats@shaw.ca> To: <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Ransom Paid for Freedom of Romania's Ethnic Germans > > > Thank you Rose, > > For putting our attention to "Money for Freedom" and the Exodus of > Romania's > German-speaking Minority where through the Lawyer Heinz Guenther Huesch > Germany paid some 40 years ago around 500 million Euros to the Romanian > dictator Nicolae Ceausescu for the privilege of extracting most of 220,000 > ethnic Germans still residing in Romania. > > Not quite 10 years ago there were still 11,000 ethnic Germans > (Siebenbuerger > Sachsen and Danube Swabians) living there. Many managed later to reach the > West via a visit to Budapest, where they applied for immigration visas to > who ever wanted them. Some reached the Canadian shores in the last few > years, most of them highly educated professionals. > > Just another part of our Danube Swabian history. > > See you all in Mt. Angel come September! > > Rosina > www.hrastovac.net > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose Vetter" <rosevetter@gmail.com> > To: <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:24 PM > Subject: [BANAT-L] Ransom Paid for Freedom of Romania's Ethnic Germans > > >> Yesterday, DW-TV, the German world news network, featured a story about >> the >> Ceausescu regime's release of about 220,000 ethnic Germans. This was by >> far >> not an act of charity, but a huge money-making scheme, at the same time >> an >> ethnic cleansing operation. >> >> Listen to the video for the full sordid story. In the "People & >> Politics" >> box click on the title "Money for Freedom - the Exodus of Romania's >> German-speaking minority" >> . >> http://www.dw-world.de/dw/episode/0,,5647235,00.html >> >> Werner Salm, who escaped from Lindenfeld, Banat as a young man, is also >> interviewed in this story. He went back to his hometown years later and >> found that it had turned into a ghost town. Below is a link to the towns >> of >> Reschitza and Lindenfeld - a tragedy. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBN74AC_xlA >> >> Rose Vetter >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >