The Heimatklänge and the Danube Swabians in Milwaukee
A Model of Holistic Integration for a Displaced German CommunityFor over 300 years, Danube Swabians had maintained their German dialect and culture in Hungary and Yugoslavia. The events after WWII, including expulsion from their homes and ethnic persecution, radically destabilized this minority’s conception of Heimat. Written specifically for the Danube Swabians ...