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orphan children left behind. Another memorial, the House of Wolf children, will be created with a permanent exhibition to remember Wolf children in
Mikytai/Mikieten at the crossroad Sovetsk/Tilsit. This memorial will be organized by historians of the Verein Wolfkinder.Geschichtsverein e. V. in Berlin.
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on the crossroad of A 216 Tauroggen-Tilsit with A 226 from
Heydekrug there is a memorial for Wolf children ("Wolfskinder-Denkmal"). The goal of the memorial is to publicize the fate of all human beings who were killed or died from starvation in East Prussia in the years 1944-1947, and to remember the
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under her maiden name, Ruth
Kibelka, and her married name. Some historical records given by children from East Prussia survived, describing how their families were overtaken by advancing Soviet forces as they tried to flee. They were sent back to their old homes in East Prussia, found them destroyed,
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by train. In 1947, the Soviet Union sent trainloads of orphans to the
Occupation Zone; these train rides took four to seven days, partly without food or toilet facilities and some children did not survive. On 15 February 1948, the Ministerial Council of the USSR decided to resettle all Germans in the
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Most of them became orphans by war and flight in the stage of child or baby. They had to care for themselves and find out how to survive. Many reached
Lithuania, where they worked at farms to gain their living. Most had no chance for school education. A larger part never got lessons to write or read.
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None of the events of the Wolf children were reported in the press and they only became known to the public from 1990 after the collapse of communism in
Eastern Europe. The official position of the Soviet and Polish governments at the time was that there were no Germans in these areas, and this had
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The president gives an important sign of solidarity by meeting Wolf children, whose fate is not well known in
Germany. It is encouraging that politics and the media report more and more on these orphans, of whom many up to now are not aware of their German descent. The union goes on requiring, that
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January 1, 2008, on, compensation is granted by Lithuanian law for those persons who suffered on account of World War II and the Soviet occupation. Consequently, Wolf children get a small additional pension. In German laws, the Wolf children are not mentioned. From private sponsors they get a
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which allowed the opening of the
Russian archives. Since the 1990s, the fates of about 200,000 additional missing persons have been clarified. More information about the fates of Germans who were taken prisoners and died still remain in unopened archives in Eastern and South-eastern Europe.
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Soviet authorities sent some children who could be identified as German orphans in the former East
Prussia to stay in orphanages administered by Soviet military officers but staffed mostly with some of the remaining Germans. In late 1947, 4,700 German orphans were officially registered in
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families in the Soviet Union, though documents about these adoptions are not open to the public. In 1948, the children's village of Pinnow, then called Kinderdorf Kyritz, was opened. Orphans who managed to live with Lithuanian farmers remained there mostly undetected.
1608:(title translated: We want to live - Dramatic family story of flight and expulsion 1944 to 1948). Wagner-Verlag. (Father had to stay and was member of Wehrmacht, grand parents resettled in 1947, mother relocated in USSR, alone until March 1948, resettled to the west).
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Several hundred Wolf children were discovered in Lithuania after the separation from Russia. In 2010, almost 100 still lived there. From the beginning of the 1990s on, Wolf children have fought for their German citizenship. They have their own association. The
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The aid by Lithuanian people for the hungry East Prussians was invaluable. Every historical record brings new facts and insights. Mentioning this time and these circumstances will always cause thankful thoughts for the Lithuanian people of that
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448:. The orphans had to find a way of surviving and became Wolf children. Another five orphans, born in the years 1930-1939, told Leiserowitz how they managed to survive and were transferred to a children's home in East Germany.
1038:(title translated to English language: The forgotten generation. War children break their silence.) Erweiterte und aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe. Piper Verlag GmbH, München, March 2011. ISBN 978-3--492-26405-1. P. 141-142.
985:(title translated to English language: The forgotten generation. War children break their silence.) Erweiterte und aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe. Piper Verlag GmbH, München, March 2011. ISBN 978-3--492-26405-1. P. 142-143.
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1060:(title translated to English language: The forgotten generation. War children break their silence.) Erweiterte und aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe. Piper Verlag GmbH, München, March 2011. ISBN 978-3--492-26405-1. P. 142.
907:(title translated to English language: The forgotten generation. War children break their silence.) Erweiterte und aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe. Piper Verlag GmbH, München, March 2011. ISBN 978-3--492-26405-1. P. 141.
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notice for an East Prussian woman, born in 1939 and deceased in 2009, it was revealed that she had lived as a Wolf child under terrible conditions as an orphan without home and shelter in East Prussia and Lithuania.
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former East Prussia, declaring them illegal residents in their own homeland. According to Soviet sources, 102,125 people were resettled in 1947 and 1948. Of those, only 99,481 arrived, though sources of the
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Lithuanians who assisted the German children had to hide their efforts from the Soviet authorities, risking severe punishment if detected, with many German children's names changed, and only after the
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where they had better living conditions. At that time, some of the young orphans had no knowledge of their identity, information in search files was vague, and the occupational development difficult.
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350:(little Germans) and often gave them food and shelter free of charge. Most of these children made trips back and forth many times to get food for their sick mothers or siblings, travelling along
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prompted millions of German men, women, and children to flee; however, many adults were killed or wounded during bombing raids or during harsh winters without any food or shelter. Thousands of
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children were left behind and fled into the surrounding forest, forced to fend for themselves and facing harsh reprisals if caught by Soviet soldiers. Condemned to live through "begging,
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in East Prussia. Her family was separated; only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was she able to return to East Prussia to revisit her childhood homeland.
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1093:(title translated: From East Prussia to Kyritz. Wolf children on their way to Brandenburg). Brandenburgische Zentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2003
999:(title translated: From East Prussia to Kyritz. Wolf children on their way to Brandenburg.) Brandenburgische Zentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2003
921:(title translated: From East Prussia to Kyritz. Wolf children on their way to Brandenburg.) Brandenburgische Zentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2003
865:(title translated: From East Prussia to Kyritz. Wolf children on their way to Brandenburg.) Brandenburgische Zentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2003
831:(title translated: From East Prussia to Kyritz. Wolf children on their way to Brandenburg.) Brandenburgische Zentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2003
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1076:(Historical records on flight, expulsion, Wolf children). P. 120-128. Verlag Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V., Kassel. Kassel 2008.
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Ingeborg Jacobs: Wolfskind. Die unglaubliche Lebensgeschichte des ostpreußischen Wolfskindes Liesabeth Otto. Propyläen, Berlin 2010,
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Matthias Pankau: ‘I Thought There Was No German Anymore‘’. In: The Atlantic Times. A Monthly Newspaper from Germany, May 2009
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955:(title translated: Wolf children: Living out of borders) in "Das Ostpreußenblatt" from September, 15 2009
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Literaturliste Wolfskinder. (Title translated to English language: literature on wolf children.
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ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN: An Orphan Girl's Tale of Survival in World War II by Evelyne Tannehill
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Wolfskind. Die unglaubliche Lebensgeschichte des ostpreußischen Wolfskindes Liesabeth Otto.
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Ruined by the Reich: Memoire of an East Prussian Family, 1916-1945.
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Irgendwo gebettelt, irgendwo geklaut… Ein Wolfskind auf Spurensuche
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Lithuanian "Wolf children" - strangers in their own self)
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Litauens «Wolfskinder» – Fremdlinge im eigenen Selbst.
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654:Die Kinder der Flucht. Part 2 Wolfskinder.
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1058:. Die Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen.
1036:. Die Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen.
983:. Die Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen.
905:. Die Kriegskinder brechen ihr Schweigen.
459:The story of one survivor can be read in
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1541:Keine Hilfe für deutsche "Wolfskinder"
1300:"Wolfskinder - Reise nach Ostpreussen"
953:Wolfskinder: Leben zwischen den Welten
693:the second part of the 2006 docudrama
513:small quarterly stipend, organized by
39:Flight and expulsion of Germans during
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1708:Allied occupation of Germany
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1361:Leiserowitz, Ruth (2003).
1200:Die ostpreußische Familie.
1184:Die ostpreußische Familie.
792:Robinson Crusoes of Warsaw
777:Evacuation of East Prussia
441:Wolfkinder of East Prussia
435:in August 1945. Historian
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317:Evacuation of East Prussia
281:Evacuation of East Prussia
263:Evacuation of East Prussia
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1056:Die vergessene Generation
1034:Die vergessene Generation
981:Die vergessene Generation
903:Die vergessene Generation
582:Five kilometers north of
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1501:Ruth Leiserowitz:
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618:In popular culture
403:Kaliningrad Oblast
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1159:Ingeborg Jacobs:
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