European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T May the stars and stripes Page 9 stepchildren of Bidana w new order9 twist Kalmuck Fate 7 by Antonio Grande special writer for the stars and stripes Kne of the most unusual sights in postwar Germany was seen at the International refugee organizations displaced persons Camp at Pfaffe Hofen recently when a group of Kalmuck Golian descendants of Genghis who have persons for 800 Buddhist rites in tory of them countrymen killed by their in the incongruous setting of a scant 20 Miles i of brightly Robed priests a melancholy spun wheels and Kalmuck elders twisted bred prayer beads in withered meditating on the of the enlightened Indian Prince they follow b inevitably associated with pain pain is inseparable from from an ancient philos seems appropriate to Kal k which runs from ranks of a conquering army to Ige in an Iro perfect Warrior the sweep of Genghis 12th Tury through St of the the known world up Ted the Kalmuck a West Branch of the mongol from la nomadic life on the deserts of into and across the caucasus to j it was in Russia that most of the Golden horde settled after the 5 Keatir of Khan and collapse of his great wars from without and feuds from within weakened flies and by the time of the their Power was those remaining in the conquered entries of this once mighty tribe the they continue Breeding from which the Ian army was lived peacefully they lived peacefully As a Tot Ted minority on the River Don id in the Northern parts of the Casian mountains until the Kalmuck Foug Lyt against the a Monist but when 1921 the last White armies the few Hundred in their Long it is hard to deter mine whether Broa cheeked Kal muck Maidens Are 800 years behind styles or eight years ahead of the new still existing emigrated from Russia to France and there they cattle Breed ers and factory workers until their deportation top Germany qty the nazis to work in nazi this last move gave Theca Lucks claim to Iro displaced from their Homeland by Khan through his move across displaced by the russian Dis placed by the weary Kalmuck Are the worlds and least they face no too hopeful a Earl Blake Iro area told the 200 visitors that but they have shown no Lack of courage or Energy or optimism because of Rule Camp Well the unique do flying the american and the mongolian flags Side by was termed by Iro officials As one of the Best from All stand it is self admin estered and not one of its 450 members has Ever v been subject to disciplinary them work for the Camp handling Cox in the slant eyed Kalmuck Are a trucking at the on deeply attending daily the police and fire and in the Buddhist they do not eat the Camp doctor is a Kal throughout the Camp Are veg muck who studied Medicine in Bel table gardens which they Bun own school they run their own school for the Camps 45 Kalmuck and russian Are students also Are sent to a vocational training school in nearby the regular do ration is allotted with workers looking As Oriental As his mongolian ancestors this Young Kalmuck child seems to Ponder glumly the tops Turvy Fate of his getting some work army units stationed about most of a weekly printed in is published intermarriage is fairly common because there Are More men than when Kalmuck marries he chooses a slavic at the wedding the Cerebra drink is usually distilled sour c they describe it to our t Buddhist priests left bold their congregation in rapturous contemplation while they go through the religions strange during the entire cer Emony movie and candid Cam eras of the Many american visitors recorded the unusual called by Many the strangest sight seen in this Almos Tex Tinct tribe acquired buddhism while moving about Central Asia and the near an Iro Camp policeman right is also a exclusive and every body is group even have their this is the year 2909 for their years another occasion for a solemn religious festival Lor these the ceremony Ranc from m in Ottil next