Political refugees
It was shortly before the halfway point in this our twentieth century that I drove through thousands upon thousands of tons of rubble, the undifferentiated remains of an ancient city. What were once the homes of man, his houses of worship, all the gathering-places of a city th...
It was shortly before the halfway point in this our twentieth century that I drove through thousands upon thousands of tons of rubble, the undifferentiated remains of an ancient...
2. CHAPTER II“About one-fourth of the population of the Federal German Republic is composed of refugees from the provinces now occupied by Poles, from the Eastern Soviet Zone, the Czech Sude...
3. CHAPTER IIIThere is a large camp near the center of Germany, close to the demarcation line between the Western and Eastern Republics of that divided nation, where the men held in slave lab...
4. CHAPTER IVIf there is not complete moral chaos and nihilism among the Expellees of Western Europe, I would give most credit to the tremendous spiritual strength and homemaking capacity of...
5. CHAPTER V“These Little Children are looking for Their Parents,” was a printed announcement that met me all over Germany. Underneath this announcement were the haunting faces of fifty lit...
6. CHAPTER VIOne of the most significant books that was given to me during my recent tour of Europe was a bound volume containing the names and addresses of 2,700 expelled priests who were u...
7. CHAPTER VIIWhile I was in Germany, a striking photograph on the cover of a German pictorial magazine caught my eye. It was the picture of a tall Bishop in his robes. There was hung about h...
8. CHAPTER VIII“The blight of the detention-camps in time of peace, which is the blight of innocent brothers’ and sisters’ frustrated lives, and the plight of millions who now must answer to t...