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The Forgotten Genocide
Seminar II |
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April 2011
Viking
Conference Center
, St. Louis, MO
Ann
Morrison
PRESENTATIONS FROM
CONFERENCE
Click on Highlighted Titles for Text of
Presentations
Photos Courtesy of Scott
Dorough
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Historical
Accounts I
The
Relations Between the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the
Germans Prior to 1941
Historical
Accounts II
Apotheosis
of Hypocrisy:
The Ethnic- Germans
and the Yugoslav Diplomacy following WWII
Zoran Janjetovic, PhD
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Donauschwäbische
Volkstanz
Photos Courtesy of Scott Dorough |
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LUNCHTIME FASHION SHOW
Photos Courtesy of Scott Dorough
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NEUMAYER FASHION SHOW
Photos Courtesy of Scott Dorough
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES |
Master
of Ceremonies: Mr. Ed Tullius
Ed
Tullius is the current president of the non-profit Danube-Swabian
Foundation, and is the vice-president of
the Cincinnati Donauschwaben Verein. He has
retired from 30 years of public service. He has
worked part-time for 15 years as a ski instructor and
continues to enjoy outdoors activities and world
travel.
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Dr.
Albert Jabs
Dr.
Jabs began during the cataclysmic events of WW II
surrounding his family's farm along the Poland Vistula
River (Gross Dembe - near Plock). The issues of
war, peace, expulsion, deportation, racism, dying,
guilt, blame, and hatred were germinated at this time
and have influenced an academic career as a professor in
America and abroad. He has put much energy into
civil rights and Lutheran missions as well as written
thousands of publications, and has taught primarily in
the context of minority institutions both in the
American South and Lithuania. |
Dr.
K. Dirk Voss
Dr.
Voss is a professor at the St. Louis Community College - Meramec and teaches
American and World history. He graduated with a Ph. D. in history from
the University of Oklahoma in 2000 and taught at Stephen F. Austin State
University in Texas, Canterbury Christ Church University in England, and Ca
Mau Community College in Vietnam. He specializes in
transatlantic history of the 19th and 20th century. His most recent
published article is on the influence of the stationing of American nuclear
weapons on German pop music in the 1980s. |
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Dr.
John P. Messmer
Dr.
Messmer is a professor of political science in the Department of History and
Political Science at St. Louis Community College - Meramec. Dr.
Messmer's teaching and research interests include American political
institutions and behavior, political reform, Constitutional issues, and
international relations. He received his PhD from the University of
Missouri in 2001 and has been teaching at Meramec since 2002. Dr.
Messmer is a lifelong St. Louisian and the son of two Danubeschwabian
refugees who immigrated to the United States in 1955.
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Eberhard E. Fuhr
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Mr.
Henry A. Fischer
Mr.
Fischer was born in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada the son of Swabian
immigrants from Hungary. He is a graduate of the University of Western
Ontario and Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. Following a career in the
Lutheran ministry during his retirement he has authorized several books
related to history of the Danube Swabians, including Children of the Danube,
The Pioneers, Strangers and Sojourners and Emigrants and Exiles part of a
trilogy: Remember to Tell the Children. He has also translated
significant Danube Swabian historical information from German to English
which appear on his website. He is married to his wife Jean and has
two sons and four grandchildren the latest manifestation of the Children of
the Danube in Canada.
http://www.swabiantrek.com/
http://reasonradionetwork.com/20090916/the-new-nationalist-perspective-sunic-interviews-rev-henry-a-fischer
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Mr.
Tillmann Hess
Mr.
Hess is the director of the Ukrainian branch of the GTZ, Deutsche
Gesellschaft fuer technologische Zusammenarbeit, (German Society for
technological Co-operation). GTZ is an independent corporation founded
and owned by the German government to provide sustainable aid in developing
countries. It focuses on the development of German minorities in
Eastern Europe by supporting German-language schools, job training, and
German-speaking cultural institutions. Tillman Hess graduated in
German, Social Studies, and Biology before he began to work for the Goethe
Institute in Nowosibirsk, Russia, from 1995 to 2001. GTZ hired him in
2002, first to lead the program in Novosibirsk and then in Odessa since
August 2006.
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Gesellschaft
für Entwicklung (GfE), Odessa
Geschäftsführer
tillmann.hess@giz.de
http://www.gfe-odessa.org/UeberDieGfE/MitarbeiterinnenUndMitarbeiter/page3.html
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Mrs.
Rosina Schmidt
Mrs.
Schmidt wrote a Families book on her grandfather’s birthplace of Hrastovac.
She developed a web page under the same name, which took a life of its own
and it is now a home away from home from all those ethnic Germans of that
area, which were blown in all four-wind directions during and after WWII.
She is active on Danube Swabian Forums in Germany, Croatia and North
America.
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Master
of Ceremonies: Mr. Robert Filippi
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Dr.
Zoran Janjetovic
Dr.
Janjetovic earned a Ph.D. in history at the University of Belgrade in 2004.
He is senior researcher at the Institute for More Recent History of Serbia
since 1995. He’s taken part in several research stays abroad, participated
in three international projects and has taken part in over 40 international
conferences. He has published four books (the fifth is awaiting publication)
and over 70 articles (almost a half abroad). His fields of research include
national minorities in former Yugoslavia (particularly Germans), post-WWII
diplomatic history, social history of Serbia and Yugoslavia in WWII and
after. He speaks English and German and reads Italian, French, Slovenian and
Macedonian. |
Mrs.
Marta Istvan
Mrs.
Istvan was born in Kikinda, in Serbian-Banat and raised in a multicultural
heritage. Her ancestors were Danube Swabians, Hungarians, Serbs and
French and she speaks all but French. She spent 25 years as a librarian in
Kikinda and taught German in the elementary school. At present she
works as a freelance journalist writing for Serbian and Hungarian journals
and represents the Nordbanater as a correspondent for the Danube
Valley Magazine published in Germany. Her interest lies in the
documentation and conservation of her racial heritage in the Banat. She
documents the lives and outstanding personalities of the people from her
home town and their final resting place. Mrs. Istvan sits on the board
of the
Vojvodina
Hungarian society; local historian and member of the State Commission for
the processing of the Hungarian victims, the 2nd to the mass graves in
unknown World War II were buried in Vojvodina and works for and with the
Danube Swabian genealogists in Sindelfingen (Germany) in close cooperation.
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Mr.
Julius A Loisch
Mr.
Loisch was born in 1931 in a village in Slovakia called Muhlenbach.
His grade school education began in Unterschwaben in a small Swabian
community by the border of Poland. Two of his high school years were spent
at Kesmark in Slovakia. The school children were evacuated to
Austria/Germany in September of 1944. He graduated from high school in
Dinkelsbühl/Germany. After Earning his Masters Degree in Mechanical
Engineering he spent one year at White Sand Missile Range followed by
working on Aerospace projects like Solar Wind spectrometer
(Apollo 12 lunar landing), various Military defense projects followed by
developments in medical instrumentation. He retired in 1992.
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Dr.
Eleanor Johnston and Rev. Dr. Wayne Fraser
Dr.
Johnston and Rev. Dr. Fraser have recently retired from teaching and
administrative work in Niagara private schools. She is a chorister and lay
leader in the Anglican Church where Wayne preaches the exciting new ideas of
progressive theology. They work together on numerous justice issues, and
they share the joys of loving each other, their children and grandchildren,
reading and writing, dancing, bird-watching, gardening, and enjoying music
and Niagara foods and wines with their friends and relatives. |
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James
Bacque
Mr.
Bacque was born and educated in Toronto. He attended Upper Canada College
and Trinity College, University of Toronto. He has been farm worker, truck
driver, construction worker, stagehand, journalist, magazine editor, book
editor and author. His books have sold over 200,000 copies in 14
countries around the world through
forty years. His work has been the subject of four TV documentaries, a book
and many articles. |
Prof.
Scott Dorough
Title:
Editor
Prof.
Dorough has been working in professional video and
independent film since 2002. He is an experienced cinematographer and
editor, working on numerous independent shorts, documentaries, and the full
length motion pictures RHINELAND and Game of the Year. Scott also teaches
audio and video production for Webster University and St. Louis Community
College.
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Marlene
Fricker
Marlene
has been a member of the United German Hungarian Club of Phila &
Vicinity and active in their Cultural Group since 1965 participating in
every cultural aspect of the organization. She has a BFA in Dance from
Adelphi University. For 20 years she was the primary instructor and
administrator of Marlene Blank School of Dance. Marlene currently works as a
Supervisor at Abington Memorial Hospital. She is furthering her education at
Gwynedd Mercy College in the field of Allied Health. She is the mother and
step mother of six and grandmother of a 2 year old. Marlene has worked
together with members of the United German Hungarians and the Philadelphia
and Trenton Donauschwaben Clubs on three Cultural Exhibits of primarily
Danubeswabian artifacts. She was also instrumental in taking a
group of 25 members of her club to visit the Donauschwaebisches
Zentralmuseum in Ulm in 2008.
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Erika
Neumayer
Miss
Neumayer is a Chicago-based fashion designer that has a passion not
only for modern and high fashion, but also traditional and cultural clothing
and textiles. After her study abroad program in Ghana, Africa in 2007, she
realized how much of an impact fabric and clothing can have on a culture.
This inspired her to further research the clothing of her own culture,
resulting in an honors project focused on the regional differences in dress
among Donauschwaben communities. Since graduating from Dominican
University, she has been working hard to build her own line of dirndls.
Although not traditionally Donauschwaben, it allows her to be creative and
stay active in the community she loves.
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Ron
Morrison
Videographer/Assistant
Ron
Morrison is husband and willing assistant to Ann Morrison. Ron has many
years experience in photography and now videography while working on the
film “The Forgotten Genocide”. Ron also assisted during interviews while
traveling to several cities during the pre-production phase of the film. |
The
Polka Band has been providing happy polka melodies for dancing and
listening enjoyment for many years. Our polka roots can be traced back to
Pozen
Illinois
, a small farm community in southern
Illinois
where polka music was king, and was enjoyed by young and old alike.
For
many years we have provided music for countless weddings, anniversaries,
picnics, dances, and Polka Masses.
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is our pleasure to be able to participate in this historically significant
conference, The Forgotten Genocide, and to share our music with you.
The
Polka Band
Rick
Romeo – Drums
Clarence
Kozuszek – Accordion
Paul
Wehrle – Guitar and banjo |
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Information provided courtesy Ann Morrison |
Forgotten
Genocide Conference II
Ann
Morrison
Forgotten
Genocide Conference II
The 15 million German people who were chased out,
ran, tortured, put in camps and executed
after World War II from 1944-1948 was the
focus of this conference. After the release of my
first documentary film I realized how much more
there was to this part of history and that’s
what brought me to bring this conference to the
public.
It took place on Thursday and Friday, April 28
& 29, 2011 at the Viking Holiday Inn in
Crestwood Missouri. The cost was $75.00 for two
days of speakers, films, art exhibit, traditional
clothing show, books & DVD sales, Lunch for
the 28th & 29th and dinner was
followed by a dance on the 29th. There
was a one day ticket for $15.00, that did not
include the meals or dance.
You may register at www.annsfilms.com
where you will find more information about the
event.
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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 put together a two day
conference entitled the same as my first film The
Forgotten Genocide.
It took place April 28 & 29, 2011 at
the Viking Holiday Inn in Crestwood Missouri. The
topics covered included Humanities, Nationality,
Culture, Genocide, but covered many more aspects
of what happened and what has come from it. There
was 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 were sold along with DVDs
covering some of the same topics. Two fashion
shows took 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 took
place before ending the conference with a dance
lead by The Polka Band. The cost was $75.00 for
the two days of everything listed above and included
lunch for both days and dinner on the 29th.
One day tickets were available for $15.00 each
day, but did not include meals or dance. Students
and teachers were welcomed with no charge with a
valid I.D.
You can go to www.annsfilms.com
to find more information about who I am and
what I’m working on now.
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"The
Forgotten Genocide" DVD now available!
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