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It was a unique experience for me personally," lie said. "But most rewarding was to get the kids over there - it was a big deal. They experienced something I never did as a kid. seeing our kids interact on a daily basis with their host families was the hallmark, definitely among the top-ten highlights in the [Jacob A. Riis] Settlement's history. . The Danish Consul General of New York, Hans Grunnet, learns of the Riis Settlement and its founder's Danish connection, and takes an interest. He asks Danish businessman [C. Flemming Heilmann] to join the Settlement's Board. As Chairman, Heilmann plays a major role in the Settlement's Fundraisingand creates a link between the youth at the Settlement House and the children in Riis' hometown Ribe, Denmark. With the Danish connection re-est...

... in New York, spending many nights in police-run poor houses. 1873. Riis starts a career as a p...A witness to the police brutality and the miserable conditions, Riis resolves to mak...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 20 Num. 21, Juin 2007
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• Hip-Ho la suisse.

... button topics of the time such as racism, police brutality and poverty, probably remain foreign con...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2002, Juin 2002