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Monday, December 12, 2005

"Great Chicago Refugee Rescue"

Another book's title caught my eye as I prepared the annual buying wish list for the Family History Center that I volunteer time at- the "Great Chicago Refugee Rescue" by Raymond Lohne. Ethnic Germans settled in Hungary in 1783 and were subsequently expelled after WWII, when the Germans lost the war. Their fellow Schwabos worked to help them relocate by the thousands to Chicago. The book has 80 photographs and the review compares the group to a modern day "Mayflower Pilgrim" story. Wouldn't this be a fascinating gift for your family historian, who has "everything" already?!

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