From Children: the Invisible Victims of War published in October 2008 by DSM

‘The boat on which I crossed was one of those in which England was sending children to Canada. The scene on deck was touching and amazing. A thousand children were at play in the sun around the guns that protected them. Three warships escorted us.

Chapter three of Forgiveness: Breaking the Chain of Hate

These are the words Fiona gave in evidence before an Australian Royal Commission, describing her abduction from her mother. She was not to see her again until 1968: “When I finally met my mother through an interpreter she said that she had heard about the other children, but because my name had been changed she’d never heard about me.”

From People Building Peace II - Successful Stories of Civil Society (Lynne Rienner Publishers 2005)
Philippe Mottu recalls the start. "On the day he arrived in Caux in July 1946, Buchman confronted us with a challenge. After meeting all those who had worked so devotedly to get Mountain House ready, he suddenly asked: 'Where are the Germans?' And he added: 'Some of you think that Germany has got to change; and that is true. But you will never be able to rebuild Europe without Germany.'"

From ‘Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding’ published in August 2003 by Pact Publications

In 1946 a group of Swiss, at great personal sacrifice, bought the rundown Caux Palace Hotel overlooking Lake Geneva as a place where the warring nations of World War II could meet.