[A Red Cross promotion for Operation Shamrock]
Much good it did us.
Harrumph.
The Mayo Advertiser reports:
A German woman who was fostered by a Swinford [Co Mayo] family following the end of World War Two is looking to get back in touch with the family whom she lived with for three years, following the end of the war over 60 years ago.
Marianne (Maria) Cremer was one of nearly 1,000 children that came to Ireland in 1946 as part of a Red Cross initiative, which later became known as ‘Operation Shamrock’. Marianne spent three years in Swinford, with her Irish foster family the Dolans. However in the years following her return to Germany, Marianne lost touch with the Dolan family.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Jennifer or Rebecca at the Irish Red Cross on 01 642 4600 or Sue Paterson at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation on 01 2829711.
‘Operation Shamrock’ refugee wants to find her Mayo family (Mayo Advertiser)
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