Well said! Steve Berwanger Sent from my iPad > On May 3, 2014, at 4:47 PM, "Barb D" <bbd2424@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Joe, > I guess this is for everyone everywhere. > I am so SORRY, that people who were in camps everywhere for one reason or > another feel or felt ashamed. All of you detainees should be PROUD! This was > thru no fault of your own and happened to many people no matter what their > ethnic background was or their race or whatever the reasons were. I SALUTE > all of you, be PROUD THAT YOU SURVIVED!!! and SORRY for those who did not, > cause that is who you are. It does not matter what your heritage is or was, > embrace it . This is what makes the world what it is, like it or not! No one > no matter who they are or where they came from deserve what so many had to > endure. My family was very lucky to escape the terrible ordeal that so many > did not. The only one that I know about is my great Aunt ANNA > LEIMETTER(don't know married name) from Deustch Saint Michael. She was sent > some where and we don't know where. She was also a survivor (Thank God). > This why I love this site. People can say what they feel to be right and the > rest of us need to respect and LEARN from what has been said, not take > offense. I appreciate all the different opinions and stories and have > learned so much that I would have never known about my ancestors and > heritage. My grandparents with my mom came to the U.S. in 1922 so they only > knew what was going on from news & letters. As I have said before I don't > remember( and neither does my mom) there being very much talk about the old > country, She doesn't remember anything, she was 3 when she came. > So I guess what I am saying is be PROUD and not ashamed you are not the ones > who did this to so many. THEY ARE THE ONE'S TO BE ASHAMED!!! > So for my sake and all the others who have join this list, everyone keep the > stories and info coming. > Barb D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Psotka > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:19 AM > To: dvhh > Subject: Re: [DVHH]Why our parents didn't say they were Shwovish > > > My parents also never spoke about being Shwovish to anyone outside the > family; > > but a large part of that was being ashamed of being imprisoned in Gakowa (my > mother and I) > > or being sent to slave labor in the Donetsk(my father). For those of us > interned, it was a very painful and shameful part of our life and we never > wanted to talk about it, and hid it whenever we could, in whatever way we > could. > > > > > The second generation seems to think that this experience is something we > wanted to discuss, but I assure we did not and it is even harder to get > started with strangers. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > Joe > > > > > > From: Diane Halas > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:53 AM > To: 'John Schambre', 'Eileen Simcox' > Cc: dvhh > > > > > > I once asked my grandma why she had said the family was German. She said. > "My dear, we were all 'Germans' then." I asked her what she considered > herself and she said, "Austro-Hungarian". I told my fifth grade teacher who > in turn told me there was no such place as Austria-Hungary. Everyone in > Grandma's nuclear family spoke more than one language. She identified their > primary language as "low German" and her family was from Alsace-Lorraine and > her grandmother was pure French. The family had emigrated to the Banat > before there was a "Germany". There you have it. I never even learned > about Schwabish until I subscribed to this site. > > Diane > > Diane Halas > 239-592-9969 > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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