Karen Ebel, President

Karen Ebel, President

Karen Ebel is a non-practicing attorney in New Hampshire and the daughter of former German American internee, Max Ebel. She is an active spokesperson for the German American community on the subject of World War II internment of persons of German ethnicities. She is a...

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Heidi Gurcke Donald, Vice President/Treasurer

Heidi Gurcke Donald, Vice President/Treasurer

Heidi Gurcke Donald and her family were expelled from their home in San José, Costa Rica and interned in Crystal City, Texas, for fifteen months before her father, Werner Gurcke, was released on parole. A graduate of the University of California in San Francisco, she...

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Ursula Vogt Potter, Secretary

Ursula Vogt Potter, Secretary

Ursula Vogt Potter, a retired educator and Washington State native, is the daughter of a former German internee. In 2003, she published The Misplaced American, a compilation of family World War II memoirs centered on her father’s internment. Since then, she has been...

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Sigrid Toye, Director

Sigrid Toye, Director

, Sigrid Toye is an educational and behavior therapist in private practice and holds a PhD in clinical psychology. Her volunteer work include board membership of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station, The Cecilia Fund, and as current president of the Santa Barbara...

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