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Pocking (Passau, Germany) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

American Junior Red Cross. Central High School Chapter (La Crosse, Wisconsin). Materials Related to Humanitarian Aid Sent to Pocking, Bavaria, Germany

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 128
Abstract A scrapbook and correspondence related to humanitarian care packages sent by the American Junior Red Cross Central High School students of La Crosse, Wisconsin, to students enrolled at the private Realschule in Pocking, Germany, just after World War II. Gifts given included food, personal care items and clothing. Later correspondence includes letters from German students seeking penpals in the United States.In 2007, Irene Barmore, a retired Central High School German language...
Dates: 1949-1951; 2007 (bulk 1949-1951); Majority of material found within 1949 - 1951