East Prussia's ‘Wolf Children’. From Remembrance to Action
After the Second World War, thousands of children fled from northern East Prussia to neighboring Lithuania to escape starvation. Many of them had lost their parents during the war and in the immediate postwar period, and made their way alone through the forests as so-called "Wolf Children" until Lithuanian families took them in. Their suffering went unnoticed for half a century; only since the 1990s have their stories entered public awareness.
In a conversation with contemporary witnesses, the last surviving "Wolf Children" will share their personal accounts. Alongside this, the Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e. V.) will present its new trilingual publication "East Prussia's Wolf Children. Comparative Perspectives in a European Context", which documents their history. We look forward to your attendance.
PROGRAM
Welcome
Dr. Roland Borchers, Director, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Berlin
Giedrius Puodžiūnas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Germany, Berlin
Sarah Reinke, Head of the section Human Rights, Society for Threatened Peoples, Berlin
Keynote
Jasna Causevic and Dr. Christopher Spatz, editors of the publication "East Prussia's Wolf Children. Comparative Perspectives in a European Context"
Conversation with Contemporary Witnesses
Ursula Dorn
Günter Heinz Krell
Moderated by: Dr. Christopher Spatz, historian
Closing Remarks
Uwe Neumärker, Director, Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin
A small reception will follow the event.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 6 p.m.
Language: German
FREE ADMISSION
You can watch the event here on YouTube.
