Rainer and all members, I would like to second Anne's comment about the DP camps. Having lived in one for close to 7 years, I can tell you it is an experience like no other. The life there spanned from extreme poverty and hopelessness to one success story after another, giving credence to the industriousness and strong will of the Donauschwaben people. It certainly offered me a foundation for a better life, although as a child, I never thought of it in that way. At DVHH we need to capture these experiences before that (my) generation disappears. I appeal to all our members to pursue these DP camp memories, from parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents and friends, or they will forever be lost. Thank You Franz Sent from my iPad > On Apr 25, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Anne Dreer <dreera@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hello Rainer, > It is great that you can remember visiting the displaced persons’ refugee camp. When you were older, did your grandparents ever talk to you about what it was like when they first arrived there. Most families only had a few household items, some with only the clothes on their backs. > Were your parents in a camp, too? If they are still alive perhaps you could ask them and submit their story. > > What we are trying to preserve on the DP camp site are the memories of the peoples’ lives in the camps. It is to give future generation an idea of their ancestors’ poverty, hunger and homelessness in a foreign county. > > Anne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message