VISITING
AUTHOR-ARTICLE
OCTOBER
2009
The
Sunic Journal
Interview
with Rev. Henry A. Fischer
September
16, 2009
Forwarded
from Voice of Reason Radio
In this show, the first in a series on the ethnic cleansing of Germans
from post-WWII Eastern Europe, Dr. Sunic & Rev. Fischer discuss
the destruction of Danube Swabian Germans (Donauschwaben). Topics
covered include:
Fate
of ethnic Germans in the 1944 “evacuations” in Yugoslavia and the
effect of the 1945 Potsdam protocols
The
condoning of the mass killings under Tito
Fischer’s
personal story as an ethnic German whose family emigrated to Canada
(in “Little Swabian Hungry”) and the social pressures to throw off
his German identity
Ethnic
German demographics in Canada, the US, and elsewhere as a result of
the ethnic cleansing from Eastern Europe
The
spirit of victimology among ethnic groups and the blackout of this
sector of European history
The
importance of the early German settlers of Eastern Europe and their
contributions to those lands and their history
Prince
Eugene of Savoy
Eastern
Europe as a cauldron of European peoples
Fischer’s
book and the importance of the Danube to European history
The
vilification of Germans in the aftermath of WWII
Henry A. Fischer born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, is the son of
Danube Swabian immigrants from Hungary whose lives and families provide
much of the background for his writing and historical research. This
resulted in the publication of his first book: Children of the Danube.
In a sense, it gave birth to the trilogy entitled: Remember To Tell The
Children.
Although a work of historical fiction, it is based on extensive
historical and genealogical research, family and village traditions and
stories handed down through the generations. They reflect the common
experience of the Children of the Danube and their descendants since
joining the Great Swabian Migration into Hungary early in the 18th
century.
The first volume of the trilogy: The Pioneers deals with their journey
down the Danube and the early settlement years in Hungary. The second
part of the trilogy focuses on the development of their own distinct
identity and lifestyle during the first half of the 19th century within
the context of the wider society in which they were: Strangers and
Sojourners. The final volume deals with their continuing search for a
homeland and their eventual forced dispersal throughout the world,
leading to their becoming: Emigrants and Exiles.
He and his wife Jean reside in Oshawa, Ontario. They enjoy traveling and
the freedom of retirement but spend as much time as they can with their
children and grandchildren. A former Lutheran pastor and co-founder of
Inter-Church Health Ministries, he is a graduate of the University of
Western Ontario and Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
Rev.
Fischer’s Web sites
Web sites on the history of the Great Swabian Migration into Eastern
Europe and their fate, and on ethnic German demographics and genealogy:
DVHH.org
Swabiantrek.com
Rev.
Fischer’s Books
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