Leon Karpovich: Thank you, America!

The script of the documentary TV film.        

webzine “Kultura.Natsyja”, issue 33, April 2024, 160-225, www.sakavik.net

Abstract. This unique material is about the largest and most forgotten humanitarian action of the 20th century, which was carried out by the American Relief Administration (ARA) under the leadership of Herbert Hoover in 1920-1923. This is a story about thirteen Americans who fed the hungry, treated the sick, took care of refugees and orphans in Belarus, overcoming resistance from the Cheka and the communist government. Three of them found their lovers in Belarus and married them. Everyone kept the memory of Belarus after returning home to the United States of America… The article contains many documentary materials and pictures.

Categories: Асьвета, Гісторыя, Зьнешнія адносіны, Мараль, Нацыя Беларусы