(Courtesy of Barbara Mathes) Barbara Mathes in the 1950s, playing the accordion.
German Woman Thanks Portland Woman For Post-WWII Care Packages
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SEPTEMBER 08, 2010
Erik Lacitis, Seattle Times

It took 64 years, but the story of how a middle-class family in Coulee Dam made sure that life was just a bit more bearable in post-World-War-II Germany for a war widow and her young daughter finally has come to a close.
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