The Donauschwaben, a mostly unknown ethnic group of Germans,
migrated to Yugoslavia in the late 1700s. Endless boundary
conflicts varyingly defined their land as Hungary, Yugoslavia, or
Serbia. During World War II their ethnicity unfairly marked them as
Nazi sympathizers despite their noncombatant status. They found
themselves on the wrong side of every border as a wave of
anti-German resentment legitimized their persecution and
eradication.
"TAKEN: A Lament for a Lost Ethnicity" relates the intimate
memoirs of Joseph Schaeffer, an ethnic Donauschwaben. Joseph's
childhood is stolen the day the Russians march into town. He is
captured and taken from his land and family to a slave labor camp
of endless suffering and years of imprisonment. Hope is restored
after a courageous escape and eventual immigration to the United
States. This enduring tale of survival eventually reunites the
Schaeffer family and life begins anew.
""TAKEN" is a testament to one man's tenacity and courage and
an affirmation of hope and life in a world full of despair and
death. The plight of refugees in post-war central Europe is an
important, yet neglected story. Joseph Schaeffer's life and
memories bring poignancy and immediacy to that story. Kathryn
Schaeffer Pabst ably crafts the memoir and deserves our
appreciation for bringing her father's story of survival to
us."-Eugene Edward Beiriger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,
DePaul University
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