My parents and both my maternal (Michera) and paternal (Heiberger) grandparents were at the Haid refugee camp (Lager Haid) and more family as well-- they used to hold reunions (Treffen) and they published books from those reunions. my parents went a few times and we have those books. My mother always told me that everyone had lost everything and were poor as church mice but they were happy. They eventually got work, the food got better and they started to think about the future. My mother also said how much the church and faith played in the survival. My father was in the band. When you lose everything the only thing you could do is start over. I went back to vist family that live in Haid still today and walk the grounds of the Lager, it was quite emotional. I'm sure the other families there had the same stories. -----Original Message----- From: Anne Dreer <dreera@sympatico.ca> To: donauschwaben-villages <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 23, 2014 10:53 pm Subject: [DVHH] Refugee Camp Hello Lotte, o you think you could submit a story of your parents’ stay in the refugee camp aid in Austria? It could be published on our DS refugee camp Site. We could lso post some pictures. nne Dreer ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message