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DPs : Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945–51 / Mark Wyman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) : 25 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780801456046
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.53/08691 21
LOC classification:
  • D808 .W96 1998eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Cornell edition -- 1. A Continent in Ruins -- 2. Into the Camps -- 3. Repatriation -- 4. Displaced Children -- 5. Camps Become Communities -- 6. Jews of the Surviving Remnant -- 7. Cultures in Exile -- 8. The Gates Open -- 9. Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Displaced Persons Camps -- General Index
Summary: "Wyman's book is the only one that comprehensively, and sensitively, depicts the plight of the postwar refugees in Western Europe."—M. Mark Stolarik, University of Ottawa "This is a fascinating and very moving book."—International Migration Review "Wyman has written a highly readable account of the movement of diverse ethnic and cultural groups of Europe's displaced persons, 1945-1951. An analysis of the social, economic, and political circumstances within which relocation, resettlement, and repatriation of millions of people occurred, this study is equally a study in diplomacy, in international relations, and in social history. A vivid and compassionate recreation of the events and circumstances within which displaced persons found themselves, of the strategies and means by which people survived or did not, and an account of the major powers in response to an unprecedented human crisis mark this as an important book."—Choice "Wyman interviewed some eighty DPs as well as employees of various agencies who served them; he cites a broad range of published primary sources, secondary sources, and some archival material. This book presents a useful overview and should stimulate further research."—Journal of American Ethnic History
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Cornell edition -- 1. A Continent in Ruins -- 2. Into the Camps -- 3. Repatriation -- 4. Displaced Children -- 5. Camps Become Communities -- 6. Jews of the Surviving Remnant -- 7. Cultures in Exile -- 8. The Gates Open -- 9. Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Displaced Persons Camps -- General Index

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"Wyman's book is the only one that comprehensively, and sensitively, depicts the plight of the postwar refugees in Western Europe."—M. Mark Stolarik, University of Ottawa "This is a fascinating and very moving book."—International Migration Review "Wyman has written a highly readable account of the movement of diverse ethnic and cultural groups of Europe's displaced persons, 1945-1951. An analysis of the social, economic, and political circumstances within which relocation, resettlement, and repatriation of millions of people occurred, this study is equally a study in diplomacy, in international relations, and in social history. A vivid and compassionate recreation of the events and circumstances within which displaced persons found themselves, of the strategies and means by which people survived or did not, and an account of the major powers in response to an unprecedented human crisis mark this as an important book."—Choice "Wyman interviewed some eighty DPs as well as employees of various agencies who served them; he cites a broad range of published primary sources, secondary sources, and some archival material. This book presents a useful overview and should stimulate further research."—Journal of American Ethnic History

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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