European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse I i it i. B ? t res a it by september tent cities such As this one by Germany had been established for East germans using hungarian vacations As a pretext to Lee hands military families Retah out to refugees Ess elfin bail on by turn Litty bureaus l r i ii. West Germany Ann Wandt did t Mia he guests Lasi primes. Sir. In in i bother i ask. Instead the american arms wife talked Wuh her hands Jug filed a German dictionary and Kepi pulling Coffee cups in front of the two task Grimans Angelica and Florence were their first names. Mother and daughter. Quandt had Lei them spend tin night and then a Rcd them chocolate pc Cream or breakfast. La had started when Quandt s 11-year-old daughter. Davida asked Why the family could t do something to help the last germans she was Wati Hini on i v. Thai prompted Quandel to talk to her i ind and fellow army wife Vcra Clark. Who nol indeed Clark believed they Muld do something. So they checked with the German red Cross. The result the darks drove a minis an la the Nair Sherg train station collected two last g Man families travelling together and returned Homo Lor sandwiches and soft drinks. The practice of americans opening their Homes to fast germans was not endorsed by Ine army those first weeks after the Border opened. In fact the american military Community was supposed to avoid Contact with people from Warsaw pact countries but that policy was swamped by the extraordinary events that sent millions of last germans into communities where americans live and work. Many americans responded with Friendship sharing a bit of Page 12 Al 11 v. I Chile e1. Ends on Ilu Borders opened and Ai re pouring into in i Ollil local the Wes i inn veto Noi thu Macii t or. i in. In.mil-. In Sci la Al. 1, when Ilio a i i i Maik Tedwil. She the residents in Wemme Vliem she went As a a Nate mar. Ul.i.,1. She she did t know much about fast germ and or the i lilies but nonetheless gathered up All the old i Lotic. She could find and took them to people who needed them. The crowd was hushed. The Vas late. I Hen to Liege Eie u .11 s Sec in Iii and Nohen it tame i e or. F urn Munir. Sci u e Oil or i tet i Hill a 1 hut i Iii of the pair and -r.rn. A ahead. I could see that Thov in e it to Sutter in Ilie taoist on " i led like a an fast .,.titian Man told i la Jungmeier. 11. one of the bund reds of thousands who drove ,. The Bour to see Elul the West was All about. Jungmeier Stryk up a conversation Wanh the fast German when her 5-year-old son. Can Stop literally bumped into him in a hav Reuth department stoic. She is a teat her at a Mydlach elementary school in a military Community about 30 Miles from the two Border Crossings North of i lot. He was a teacher too. And a conversation just seemed like the natural thing to do. She said she called him Lerr Gross she did nol Waul to give his Lull name she said because Thev Are still a Little hit afraid that fast Ohui als might think they Are too sympathetic to americans. A stars and stripes special report reeling to the West in 1989 i. 25,786 thru dec. 14 \ we saving i germ stilled she when 11 were had bet thai Bis Ami have to s later when she received a postcard from him s impression of the Federal Republic of As positive she thought it sounded a Little Elered the department store conversation or Irois had told her that he and his wife King about coming West for a vacation. Me Ama cd at the Al Luence and Felt embarrassed none would t go very far. E was surprised she had a Telephone. We wait nine Vears fora Telephone he told her. January 1990
