Research post-WWII, Mixed-Race Children’s Camp in Asel, Germany

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28/01/2020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are a group of historians who would like to have a closer look at the history of one of the foster-home camps where children of black GIs and German mothers were raised in the post- WWII time directly in our vicinity. I was actually a next-door neighbour.

Our primary interest is to establish a contact to those who have migrated to America in order to get more information about these children and their later paths in life.

As far as we know that camp was in existence from 1956 to 1959, since their personal history is also part of the history of our village and the adjoining village of VÖHL where these kids went to school. The camp, as far as we know, bore the name of ALBERT SCHWEITZER, and it was run by the Dilloo family. They were Lutheran pastors.

The location was in ASEL, which has been incorporated into the greater community of VÖHL (VOEHL).

Provided you would like to obtain more information about us, you might look at the website of the Old Synagogue at Vöhl.

Maybe you could help us a bit in finding some of the addresses. Best by email: wolfmichaelhack@web.de

With a lot of thanks,
Wolf-Michael Sherrard Hack

(Photograph: Asel, Vöhl, Germany)