In Marseilles, Gerard Vamuchin was growing up like a little animal. He had never known his father, and the Germans had deported his mother. When people talked to him, he backed away in terror. Like thousands of Europe's children, he was homeless.
That was last spring; now eleven-year-old Gerard has found a homeĀin Trogen, Switzerland. His face is freshly scrubbed, his pipestem legs are filling out on milk, fresh vegetables and meat. Gerard is one of the lucky first 29 citizens of Pestalozzi Children's Village.* By next year, the village will house 380 orphans from foreign countries.
At Pestalozzi, French children will speak...
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