by chvarchive

February 2016 update

Our search for memories and photographs of CHV was first publicised in the Clare College    e-newsletter in late January. It brought an immediate response from Clare graduates who had been on various CHV camps in different countries. A list is given below. If you know any of them, if you want to get in touch with them, if you have memories and photographs of the camps they mention or if you want to get involved in this project, please get in touch by email and we will pass on your message as appropriate.

The initial response to our first request has been very promising. There is obviously an interest out there which we must tap into. Hopefully, we will hear soon from the other colleges we have approached.

The names of Clare graduates who responded are:

  • John Grundy, Austrian camps mid 60s
  • Andrew Reekie, Austrian camps 1962
  • Chris Constantine, German camps 1971
  • Joe Pillman, UK camps early 70s
  • Bruce Huett, Austrian camps 1967
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Peter Watson gallery

 

Hello Heifer

Hello Heifer

Judi Venner (Homerton mid 60s) with children on a walk in the woods

Judi Venner (Homerton mid 60s) with children on a walk in the woods

On a walk

On a walk

The members of the first 1964 team, pictured at the campsite in the Black Forest. Standing from left to right are: Martyn Edelsten, (visiting from Edinburgh University), Gordon Edwards (Jesus), David Beeby (Jesus), Susan Bennett (Girton), Ian Cooper (Jesus), David Ward (Selwyn), David Thomas (Trinity Hall), Michael Peel (Jesus). Seated left to right are Celia Charnings (Homerton) and Victoria Waterton (Homerton)

The members of the first 1964 team, pictured at the campsite in the Black Forest. Standing from left to right are: Martyn Edelsten, (visiting from Edinburgh University), Gordon Edwards (Jesus), David Beeby (Jesus), Susan Bennett (Girton), Ian Cooper (Jesus), David Ward (Selwyn), David Thomas (Trinity Hall), Michael Peel (Jesus). Seated left to right are Celia Charnings (Homerton) and Victoria Waterton (Homerton)

Frau Saum. She was in charge at the Plattenhof, the Black Forest Camp

Frau Saum. She was in charge at the Plattenhof, the Black Forest Camp

Tony Phelan (Jesus, 1964-1967) with children

Tony Phelan (Jesus, 1964-1967) with children

Group of girls, escorted by David Beeby (standing) and Peter Watson (seated) preparing for a visit to the small Camp. Janet Billingshurst (Homerton mid 60s) with red hair, half hidden by David, and Marj Bannister (Homerton mid 60s) were in charge

Group of girls, escorted by David Beeby (standing) and Peter Watson (seated) preparing for a visit to the small Camp. Janet Billingshurst (Homerton mid 60s) with red hair, half hidden by David, and Marj Bannister (Homerton mid 60s) were in charge

Philip Seddon (Jesus 1964-67) contemplates washing up with two children

Philip Seddon (Jesus 1964-67) contemplates washing up with two children

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Children’s Holiday Venture in Germany, Austria and the UK

By Peter Watson

‘The end of World War II brought in its wake the largest population movements in European history. Millions fled or were expelled from Eastern Europe. Hundreds of thousands of Jews, survivors of the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis, sought secure homes beyond their native lands. And other refugees from every country in Europe rushed to escape from the newly installed communist regimes.’

An extract from ‘European refugee movements after World War II’ by Bernard Wasserstein

Published on the BBC history website

 

Children’s Holiday Venture (CHV), with which many Jesuans from the 1960s and 70s were involved, ran summer camps in Austria and Germany for children from families who had been forced to move at the end of World War II because of political change in Eastern Europe. Continue reading →