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j rr page 9 migration miracle the georgetown herald wednesday july 19m 1950 st- omcial jnspbotton dooild tiniia efcalimsrf aarf president ucanodlnrntlinl system examines ha tadar equipment th nodnev during mswst official inspection of j l at nn hair aboard jtmsljtly rodney during mstbirm oltlclal inspection or tjrdv rodney jailed front montreal on heir aboard fk- issff itodw ialied fvok montreal on her the cn- flt tssjjs 5 westjlndtea and british- gulona sirtavdyaj w ovton tell to ruht are s e a mineral mafiaser cssiw gordon and by deorgo murray this la the first erf a series of article written for the cana dlan weeklynewspapers as- soclation by the editor of the plctou advocate new york the sun etime qui this afternoon that was big news the queen elizabeth and other lshlpg which had been standing off under a blanket of fog for hoars began to move into- the harbour poo of the ships wast the united stotcs amy xransportgcneral jj h mccnfo and tor the 1160 refu- 8ccs aboard jhci sun had come out id morb wajta han one a those dliplaccd persons -dl- epbntkcd their faces reflected whole emphasis ln uotc days was on repatriation and while they waited their turn ibo people con tinued to hyo in llws old concontra- tloncarhps slave labor camps army barrqeks and oven in private hou ses groups of which wore formed into assembly ventres for the most part they weirs only too keen lo get home especially those people fr6m the westoineurj yaf until 1044 and ifwas soon itemed that one forwtof totalitarianism does not differ much from an other and- that their liberators were not german peoples but thf nazis indoctrinated wlthract theo ries which automatically classified their baltic victims as members of inferior races and whose policy was the colonization of tho baltic states as vassal states of germany resistance movements rapidly grew up especially against the re- tridtment for compulsory labour at first the germans called for vol unteers the call being garnished those peopio irom me wckiuwi uuiim ouclm eouplrles ffnnre belgium with inducevnents of every klndt holland benmark and italy othv but there were ipwsl ii i m nil fmm in nut hemsfercs ioiv all other balte people who coum fled befofe the soviet terror thetr only hope now being in a posh to the west where ihey hoped to con tact the western allies thus with the slave laborers they were liberated and elasautad as dps and will in no circumstan ces return behind the iron custaln the story of the ukrainians it similar having suffered bolshevist doctrines for 20 year the german occupation gave them the oppor tunlty for escape that and their forcible- deportation by the germ ans they too will not return tftq remainder the dp popula tion is made up of poles who came largely from that part ofc poland which was occupied from ifiso to 1041 and slave idborers from all hollana uonmnrk ann uoty umiti uui ipvic aimplc enough irs- though by no moans nil from mo put themsolv cs j orwnrd then a hungary jugoslavia kumanln labor rooblliamloit was proclaimed bulgavia greece and vvelcrii pol- when that also was of no avail thel d wavj- l and had no oualiiib about pciurn- ualtlc police were ordered to hunt g v w trtx log they hod never experienced down the youth of the land but ciechs rumanians pulgarlns map n soviet occupation unit clamored these orders waked ouf so that the pfp jtoj s for tho home bountfy people in th apxis in whit the eurepe nonb will return i lonj by train truk and evan on fobt manhunts wore to moke place rumans continue w im they usru the hlgliwiy wre were not aailablc at the ached- thc countries against tnr progres- llbnjtcstcd with masses of efpspiled time the gcstapi then or- slvo itrribi nmi w homewmds at the end banued llsown pressbangs which cotitinupd next weeie thorrutereyaaarmmwel cincmns theatres come for all the lntrlatcd stood at ssooimo but the schools and even chuhs miit lonhl catholic welfare te wa slowiig down it was allv omen and children were dragged m jot red hair committee american 3olnt diith- roady on hat s me had noloft to germany as slave labourers i fe my child but havteh button smmlttco hebrew imm lo rcturn under v condi- with no opportunity of taking leave g beglnnlnf to gra n aid soctety chvrcn vsrld tio pauin in heir homelands of their families an these were o ktuuuii ft r why would these person- not re- 1 the slave labourers released in serves nauonal lutheran com- urn thnt and 1045 to become dps even in ger- mlttee y the unrra officials were asking them- many resistance went on arrd they l cans ond other orbanlmtionf the w escaped from their places of work i nresentallver distinguished by the first opportunity it cannot came w mower howromanlicthenow- tii other boah for your wh erioymn o 00 hcxtsviixe 895 jacksons pt 4j5 burks falls 1020 orilll s subject to change steamers inn frank carney electrical refrigeration contractor fairbanksmorse oil burners and stokers milk coolers deep freeze uniu king st at glen road phone 379j representatives distinguished by v arm bands would escort them to j answer let us consider their sponsors in various paru of lh baits cltivens of estonia lut- the united states ai lithuania and jelvc a but this was the happy cndin of m nto their background story only one chapter in the story ot the international refugee organf zatlon largest of the specialized igcncics of the united nations commonly known as 1ro opcratinc a fleet of 36 ships using chartered planes and special uains 1ro is directing the great est peacetime migration in jlhe his- toiy of humanity of more than ft 000000 displaced pcibons hitiii scrap heap of la e uibour and acial and relig- 1 ioiib pcrbtcution approximately b oo ooo hae returned to familiar s inoundiims to pick up their war liittetcd lies the rtmatnins 1 iuo000 were persons who now on tle othci side of the iron cuiunn ocidetl not to ictirn to their u lttim homelaicu v duiink the i t two nui a it ill i m us since tin prepu it n co n 1 minion of iho took ott the j b 1 of looking utei lifutfees aonut irioooo hae been aided b the iho care and miintcnatue pi our in ly in the dp camps of thoe ipoie thin 7qooo hae bccn n ttlcd the total of refugees asbi ltd b mo since julv 1 1047 pprovimatcly 1500 000 in ordci to undorliiul this pi ob it m let us first ak ourcues w h it i a dp and how did the dp problem uise dm in r the nightmare cars of he second world war the popula tion of low ns and ill it s c iiils uvl ecu provinces were torn fio i their home- ind st nttcied some fled before the ad tricing red aimy and so let swom while others were swept away by the brown tide of the val to sere the ger man war mattunc as slave laboreirs in other woi ds they were dls speedy service everything in trucking dickensons haulage lying midway between east arid west the balur statcj hic had a turbulent histovy from the ear liest times they ha e resisted the german drle to the eoil and have acted as europes shield ag ainst russia for a hundred years before they gained their indepen dence they chafed uneasily at the chains which bound them to tzar- s rusma theh came the bol shevik revolution in ol ouer 1017 incl tin proclamatton th the will f the pi ople must deeit th fut- nil of states even to h i oinl of i paration from russia th it off- i cd the baits the op iituintv of i illing their longchciished iream f iieidom ii was not bcftie lb it t k 1 nine 1 1 fiti dom h id in m cle- ilnl b loin of tim- iiul their i u i nun it ion id beei mi 1 e i i tl th it nuii pi inli nee rlitl indeed icon i i f l ml i m sliis ulneved in dojd je i t hin xlandai 1 of 1 4 1 1 1 tud t ul lie loi i i ii ibh wilh onl the an- pic- 1 ii t s i of i uiopi in muitril and pi ii themselves fit foi iiee lo l ii i is h ippv i ii wis biuugbt tu i bj the iflnng of kibbetitropmolotov pact tti iuo when hi in to ob tain a free hand tg inis pol md itdaud hit h stiti- t- ji ion to itllsm i s sp t of lllll i jl e in imh tin kgtl imv muvctl in md 1 until ihitwii- benttl h rid 1 in i imoiijii th in utnioua m 111 ohi lioin tht u illn t it to he itu tudt d in tht ulssh as soet smidist htpulii i heir liiempor- itmn into ma ili russia hi- neiu tu this ii i been ixt ini b the l niti t stiti of atnerie i in b ie it hi ilaiu i lu baltic peoples lemaiued iin abrupt il mhelnfamou t the first opportunity it cannot be said that the baltic people with veiy few exceptions collaborated with the germans or worked of j their own free will in german warih industries g mobilization too was a similaf failure it was not until the red ui my was again on the borders of the baltic suta that voluntmft lame forward and then only to take up arms against their direst enemy communism they did not doubt for a rnqment that their j course was just thoy knew that the usa and britain had never rec- j utilized the annexation of the bal tic countries by the soviet union i md tluj were familiar with the content of the atlantic charter w hieh promised justice to small nitioiib they believed that the ij tlitc states would escape a second soviet occupation if the managed to hold back the russians until the armistice between the allies iiul gcrmanv was signed they mild nut possibly know that their j tountiies had already been sacri ficed o ruia at the allied con- feience and consequently they fought with greit bravery and res olution abmdoned by the allies au was in vain and those who could fled to germany and sweden in ger- m rn the too are denied dp bta- tiii only thom who were forcibly mscripted into the german forces lei ig grouted thii ptiv ilege chartered bus toerin every friday leave steamers inn at 9 pm returning after the dance fred lawrence phone 161 carpentry new work alterations builtin cabinet shingling etc work guaranteed albert tost phone 543w r woids thoy were dls- placed from their homelands and j became knon as displaced perso ht wet option or dps lor- short not lo be loh- d ring the fused with the perman rctue 1 t oltl tlay had who also strenmed into the west- l b r tlilni ern zones of germany in ther no d of thousands from east prussia sue- 1i hl rimg changes they sia and germanys other eastern i therefore very favcublj p provinces lo ob tht irotcss of fie in concentration camps and slave sm ot tlifr nomtlands labor camps amid the ruins of hit- jd are lers third reich in austria and iweimon i farmers 1 we are paying tho highest prevailing prices for dead 1 or crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto adelm36gksrgetown 11 gnelph 3334 telephone 723 r 2 in italy 8000000 dpj were found by the allied armies the prob lem was immense these people had to be fed clothed housed pro vided with medical care uamlnls- istration and legal protection and all this was done in the early days by the allied armies and the uni ted nations relict and rehabilita tion administration unrra fin anced by the united nations the now is the time to have that new furnace installed see the ask for a price quotation anthesimperial b f murhn sheet metal works show room on maw street telephone 138w mjmiungeavestioikot jnd arc in a positiu i now having fled their countneb in 1944 to jie a detailed account of vlai went on in every sphere of lif under the soviet ddmpmuon they oil i testify that only by such excesses i ns terror concentration camps ty phus scurvy starvation and foi- eed eolleetivization nly bj rencw- ink such medieval processes as in quisition carried out by the riicad- cd mvd only by the absolute supj pression of all liberty turning the population into unthinkinn cotfs in the agneultunil or industuai mucn- 1 me vvifs the ussr able to realize its experiments in the baltic states i when hitler attacked russia in june 1041 the soviets retreated too rapidly to cover up all traces of their jfuilt unable to evacuate the inmates of all prisons and con centration camps they executed them in neoiby forests and inter red them in mass graves they did not kill the piisoners outright hut first tortured them they cut strips out ot their backs tore out their i tongues gouged out their eyes cut off their cars and noacs photo graphs of mutilated bodies with the findings of the doctors who ex amined them give proof of an in sane beostlulity which is impossible to describe it surpasses anything that the dark ages produced an1 this was done to baltic patriots in4 their own country by foreign in vader small wonder therefore that the germans were treated as liberators ot first some baits who perhaps found u wife in the moss graves could not settle down to ar normal life but joined the germans with onethpught in mind revenge as long as they could draw breath understandable as this is however these persons in germany are not dps as under the eligibility claus 1a person who voluntarily assisted the enemy against the united nat ions li not granted dp status the german oeounetlop jatted locker storage available for fruits vegetables meats our lockers are government inspected and guar anteed for frozen foods dont miss the opportunity to put your berries and fruit away now you will certainly enjoy them all winter ask those who have lockers theyll tell you georgetown creamery and locker storage gueiph s phone 174w i- nursery i stock j roses shrubs trees evergreens 5 magnou as gooseberries 5 raspberries red nd black currants j b wilson son maple are phone 248 opposite golf lwsa immmmstmu3 tju-