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Before the adoption, Hyunsu's foster mother had requested to adopt him, but Holt did not allow it. Furthermore, his adoptive father had concealed his PTSD during the screening process. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] 16-month-old Jeong-in was murdered by her adoptive parents in 2020, after being matched with them by Holt.
Adoption from South Korea began in 1955 when Bertha and Harry Holt went to Korea and adopted eight war orphans after passing a law through Congress. [6] Their work resulted in the founding of Holt International Children's Services. The first Korean babies sent to Europe went to Sweden via the Social Welfare Society in the mid-1960s.
In 1960, Holt International Children's Services (then known as Holt Adoption Placement) was established by Harry and Bertha Holt, an American Protestant couple that played a large role in the development of the transnational adoption process. [11] In 1954, Holt watched Lost Sheep, a documentary
The government and Holt, which facilitated Crapser’s adoption to Michigan in 1979, both invoked the law to argue they had no legal responsibility to ensure that he received his citizenship. Critics say the law enabled careless and fraudulent practices that helped fuel what’s believed to be the largest international adoption program in history.
Plummeting international adoption numbers will drop even more after China ended the practice. But to best help children that shouldn't be our focus. Opinion: I'm an adoptive dad.
In 1956, the Holts founded the Holt International Children's Services. [3] There was no system in place at the time for international adoptions. Grandma Holt, as she was known, continued to be active in the agency until the day she died. [2] While in South Korea in 1964, Harry Holt had a heart attack and died.
These precious children, all with special needs, have been stranded too long in institutions, which, at best, are temporary solutions.
The AP further revealed that six U.S. adoption agencies—Holt International, Children's Home Society of Minnesota, Dillon International, Children's Home Society of California, Catholic Social Services, and Spence-Chapin—had received adoptees from Brothers. [23] The European countries included Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark.