Inspired by a commitment to social justice, Maria Eitz has devoted her personal life and her career to improving the lives of children locally and internationally. She founded and directed Respite Care in San Francisco, California where for 35 years she offered free child care; early assessment; interventions for at-risk children; and support for parents. She is also the founder and director of Medical Volunteers International and has extensive experience creating human rights programs in Asia and Africa for children and their parents affected by wars, natural disasters and famine. Maria was born in Germany in 1939. Maria has an extensive background in psychology and theology. Since her retirement in 2012 Maria has been ordained a Roman Catholic Woman Priest and now has a ministry in San Francisco, California.
Ten Days in Berlin
by Maria Eitz
Ten Days in Berlin
by Maria Eitz
Published Aug 13, 2014
209 Pages
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
Book Details
Bringing Children To Freedom
From 1959 to 1961 a small group of young people in West Berlin participated in a little-known program to reunite children and parents separated by the Iron Curtain. Maria would go behind the Iron Curtain to collect the children one by one and walk them to freedom. The journeys took from two days to six weeks. Along the way she had to avoid the military and the secret police while scavenging for food and shelter. The children were unaware that they were going to cross the border. Maria escorted 400 children to freedom.
Also by Maria Eitz
