NEW! Paige Towers interrogates the legacy of the Holt Adoption Program in Korea via the investigation of an adoptive father who murdered his children. #adoption #adoptees #Korea
In 1955, following the devastation of the Korean War, Bertha and Harry Holt made headlines for adopting eight Korean children. Driven by evangelical convictions and emboldened by a special act of Congress, the couple founded the Holt Adoption Program, which would facilitate the migration of tens of thousands of Korean children to the United States over the following decades. The Sueppels were among the families profoundly shaped by the legacy of the Holt Adoption Program.
