Harry Holt the Godfather of Holt International Adoption Agency

Who are Harry and Bertha Holt?

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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, …

International adoption: Stolen from Africa just like a slave

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MSNBC – Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics.     https://adoptionland.org/adoptionland-from-orphan-to-activist/

International Adoption Trafficking Problem

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By Gina Kim The Illusion International adoptions have an illustrious façade, conjuring images of couples saving a hungry, orphaned child and living happily ever. While imagining international adoptions as a corrupt business is abhorrent, connections to child trafficking have recently arisen. Accordingly, the State Department reports that though Americans adopted 22,991 international children in 2004, the implementation of The Hague …