Who are Harry and Bertha Holt?
The Couple Behind Korean International Adoption: Saints or Sinners? You Decide. A Brief Historical Overview of the Life and Times of Harry and Bertha Holt and the Origin of International Adoption. 1954-1955: Discovering Amerasian Children Bertha Marian Holt was born in 1905 to Clifford and Eva Holt. She married Harry Holt, a first cousin (Mark Baker, 2006), on December 31, …
Adoption Politics
the untold story of the Romanian ‘ orphans’ gives an insider’s look into the adoption kitchen, where the most used ingredients are political pressure and emotional blackmail. Post kept a diary on her work for the European Commission that aimed to help Romania reform its child protection. She soon found out that the intercountry adoption system in place was nothing …
