A transcription of Jacob Naumann's church attest, provided courtesy of Ute Brandenburg.

This photo was taken as the first guests arrived at the Scattergood Hostel

This picture was drawn by one of the guests that stayed at the Scattergood Hostel

A picture of Kurt Schaefer doing dishes at Scattergood

A full-page spread in the Des Moines Register on the happy moments the refugees experienced at Scattergood.

A Des Moines Register article that tells the story of Karl Liebman, a Jewish refugee who had fled the Nazi's.

Two refugees install a window at Scattergood.

An article from the Des Moines Register about Scattergood refugees learning how to drive a car.

Part of an article from the Des Moines Register about the first four Scattergood refugees

Four of the children at Scattergood posing on the steps with the hostel's pet cat