The Benkis family and the Trautmanis family met in the Accu DP camp in Germany and remained friends after migrating respectively to Ottawa and New York. Seen here in the Bronx, New York, 1956. Left to right: Daina Trautmanis, Andris Benkis, Baiba Trautmanis, Arvids Trautmanis, and Lidija Benkis.