Frank Schmidt is celebrating his 88th Birthday today. A lunch is planned on April 10, at noon, at the Donau Schwaben Club in Scarborough, Toronto. He is one of the rare individuals who persevered in collecting & publishing the history of the DS even though he was constantly under criticism & pressure from all sides. We owe him a lot of gratitude for all his life-long efforts....which also included the translating into english of the book: In the Claws of the Red Dragon. Without Frank we would never have had this material available in english. e-mail: frankheim@symaptico.ca