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\u00a0Movement was a key element of LWF-SR operations. Pastors traveled to various areas within the Allied Zones. LWF-SR representatives, workers, and directors continuously travelled throughout different camps to supply materials, check in on camp congregations, and aid in the resettlement process. This section is dedicated to an understanding of the setting of post WWII Germany, the primary locations of LWF-SR work, how people moved. There is no one place to land or one place to remain in this dynamic work.<\/p>\n
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Located in the United Nations Library and Archive in Geneva, Switzerland, this map displays the various zones of allied-occupied Germany: the French Zone, the British Zone, the U.S. Zone, and the Soviet Zone. For context, in 1945, this map was created for use of UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), which organized different displaced person camps throughout the zones. One can even see the different teams within the zones and the zone HQs for UNRRA. Lutheran World Federation Service to Refugees (LWF-SR) often had to work with international organizations such as UNRRA as well as IRO (International Refugee Organization), its successor, to move through these zones, receive additional support, and even work in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In offices, displaced persons camps, warehouses, and departure\/landing areas, LWF-SR workers and volunteers completed their work. Below is a map of many of the documented areas of LWF-SR work and DP life, but it is important to say this is not comprehensive. Offices moved. Warehouses came and went. Not every refugee who resettled left from Bremen. Nonetheless, the navigatable map below at least attempts to mark down the extensive work and the accompanying places of LWF-SR.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2023\/07\/Workers-in-Imbshausen-Depot.jpg” alt=”Original Caption: %22In the Imbshausen area depot, Pastor Bruno Ederma, an efficient Estonian serving as Congregational Care director of the British zone staff of the Lutheran World Federation Service to Refugees, is helped by his wife in sorting clothing from Lutheran World Relief for distribution to needy Displaced Persons.%22″ title_text=”Workers in Imbshausen Depot” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2023\/09\/Arnold-Nelson-rotated-e1696009720601.jpg” alt=”Original Caption: %22Arnold Nelson, formerly pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minn., indicates areas in which groups of Lutheran displaced persons live in the British Zone, where he is director of the Lutheran World Federation Service to Refugees.%22″ title_text=”Arnold Nelson” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”loc” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”58.4px” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” background_color=”#FFFFF0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” header_3_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\u00a0To move the map to the designed location, click, hold the key, and drag the map and to zoom in\/out, click on the + and – buttons in the upper left corner.\u00a0 For more information, click on the different points and a text box with information on the place will come up. To return to the original view, click on the house button in the upper left corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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