In this collection, you will find historical films used to document and promote Lutheran service to refugees, documentary footage of the founding of the Lutheran World Federation, and the personal memories of St. Olaf College and Northfield community member, Dr. Howard Hong, LWF Senior Representative and Director of LWF Service to Refugees in Germany.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>
Providing sustenance to refugees and facilitating the resettlement of displaced persons to new homes required massive coordination of material and financial resources gathered and distributed by national, supranational, religious and non-religious aid organizations. But where did those resources actually come from? One key source was local churches. In order to mobilize generous giving and convince American Lutherans to sponsor refugee resettlement with official assurances of lodging and work, different Lutheran organizations\u2014including the Lutheran World Federation, the National Lutheran Council, Lutheran World Action, and the Hilfswerk of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD<\/a><\/span>) \u2014collaborated to create educational, promotional materials to disseminate to congregations across the country. The first four films in this collection were designed to teach congregations about the devastation facing refugees and the reasons and ways to help them.<\/p>\n Special thanks to the ELCA Archives for assistance in assembling this collection. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>
Film descriptions by Amanda Randall and Sabrina Heiny.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n