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== Wolf children today in Lithuania == === Fate === Several hundred Wolf children were discovered in Lithuania after the separation from Russia. In 2010, almost 100 still lived there.<ref>{{in lang|de}} Ruth Geede: ''Die ostpreußische Familie.'' (Title translated: The East Prussian family). In: Das Ostpreußenblatt (Beilage in der Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung) from April 17, 2010, p. 14</ref> From the beginning of the 1990s on, Wolf children have fought for their German citizenship. They have their own association. The [[Federal Office of Administration]] within the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|German Federal Ministry of the Interior]] long held that persons who left Königsberg territory after World War II had renounced their German citizenship. From January 1, 2008, on, compensation is granted by Lithuanian law for those persons who suffered on account of World War II and the Soviet occupation. Consequently, Wolf children get a small additional pension. In German laws, the Wolf children are not mentioned. From private sponsors they get a small quarterly stipend, organized by [[Wolfgang von Stetten|Wolfgang Freiherr von Stetten]].<ref>{{in lang|de}} Ruth Geede: ''Die ostpreußische Familie.'' In: Das Ostpreußenblatt (Beilage in der Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung) from April 17, 2010, p. 14</ref> Today, some Wolf children aim to learn the fate of their relatives, obtain German citizenship, reunite with their families, leave the country for Germany, and remain faithful to German culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv01/3701ob20.htm |date=15 September 2001 |work=Der Verein |title="Edelweiß-Wolfskinder" feierte in Kaunas sein zehnjähriges Bestehen |via=www.webarchiv-server.de |accessdate=15 May 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203111238/http://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv01/3701ob20.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> === Association === The association ''Edelweiß-Wolfskinder'' is headquartered in [[Vilnius]]. Another location is in [[Klaipėda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wolfskinder-geschichtsverein.de/front_content.php?idcat=93|title=Wolfskinder|first=Michael|last=Leiserowitz|website=wolfskinder-geschichtsverein.de|accessdate=15 May 2018|archive-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015742/http://wolfskinder-geschichtsverein.de/front_content.php?idcat=93|url-status=dead}}</ref> It gets support from German donors. The members can meet and exchange views and stories. The members are old and weak and rarely can speak the German language.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} Aid for the German minority in the Baltic states expired in 2008.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}
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