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Millions
Cried…No One Listened
That’s what happened to 15 million Germans living behind
the iron curtain after World War II.
The Second Would War ended in May of 1945 for Germany, but
not for the millions of Germans who lived in Hungary,
Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, East Prussia
and the surrounding areas. The German people who had lived
in these countries for no less than three hundred years were
to be expelled from their homes and taken out of these
countries according to the Potsdam Conference.
This conference was held directly after Germany
surrendered. Attending this conference was The Big Three,
Truman, Atlee and Stalin. The decision was made to eliminate
the Germans from these areas and send them back to their
“Home Land.” The problem was Germany was not their home
land and had not been for at least 7 generations. The
decision was made and the document signed with one very
misleading word. ELIMINATE! Truman and Atlee thought they
were giving permission for the German population to be moved
from one country to another, but Stalin had a different
definition for the word. Eliminate gave him permission to
destroy a population and he had a couple of men who would
help him do it.
Edvard Benes, the President of Czechoslovakia
and Marshall Joseph
Tito were right there to lend a hand. They took on the job
of sending as many Germans as they could to Russia and
Ukraine to rebuild what was destroyed during the Second
World War. They chased others across surrounding boarders,
put them in camps that were once used for the Jewish people,
turned villages in camps, tortured, starved and executed
millions and it was all done with a hand shake and a smile
from our countries leaders.
The survivors of this horror have told me of their pain
which I made into my first documentary called The Forgotten
Genocide, but there was so much more to tell. I’ve spent
the past year traveling to Europe, Canada and throughout the
United States interviewing and researching to put a six film
series together that will give the facts of what happened
and how it affects us today.
There are so many topics involved in what happened over
sixty five years ago and have been hidden all these years
that I’ve put together a two day conference entitled the
same as my first film The Forgotten Genocide.
It will take place April 28 & 29, 2011 at the
Viking Holiday Inn in Crestwood Missouri. The topics covered
will include Humanities, Nationality, Culture, Genocide, but
covers many more aspects of what happened and what has come
from it. There will be an art display from survivors as well
as descendents showing what they’ve lived through. Books
that range from Biographies to genealogy to historical to
political will be sold along with DVDs covering some of the
same topics. Two fashion shows will take place showing the
traditional clothing of the Eastern European Germans and a
new line of clothing that shows how strongly the people have
held onto their traditions. A dance performance from a
traditional German folk dance group will take place before
ending the conference with a dance lead by The Polka Band.
The cost is $75.00 for the two days of everything listed
above including lunch for both days and dinner on the 29th.
One day tickets are available for $15.00 each day, but do
not include meals or dance. Students and teachers are
welcome with no charge with a valid I.D.
You can go to www.annsfilms.com
to register and find more information about who I am
and what I’m working on now.
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