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ISBN:
9781350189287
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Concepts of migration and displacement are all too often separated from ideas of international humanitarianism and occupations; and yet, between 1945 and 1951, victims of war became the joint responsibility of humanitarian workers and military officials in occupied Germany. In this innovative study, Samantha K. Knapton focuses on the lives of Polish displaced persons (DPs) - one of the largest groups in occupied Germany - to shine a spotlight on this interaction for the first time. From the everyday experience of clothing, feeding and sheltering to governmental policies and military actions, Occupiers, Humanitarian Workers and the Polish Displaced Persons in British-Occupied Germany investigates the impact of occupation on post-war refugees and explores how the birth of state-driven international humanitarianism played a vital role in both the identity of the Polish people and the reconstruction of Germany. To do so, Knapton fuses together archival material and personal collections such as memoirs, letters and diaries to present an account which considers both the macro and micro issues of displacement, occupation and humanitarianism. The result is a sophisticated analysis of Anglo-Polish-German relations in post-war Europe which will be of immense value to all scholars of modern Europe, Polish history, and displacement studies more generally
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List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction 1. 'They say the British has the Ruins': The Post-War Situation in the British Zone of Occupied Germany 2. 'A Paradoxical People': Understanding Polish Displaced Persons 3. 'Little Poland' in Germany: Life in Polish Displaced Persons Camps 4. 'There are always two sides to everything': Encounters between the British Military, Humanitarian Workers and Displaced Persons 5. 'No special obligation... We did not take them to Germany': Repatriation and Resettlement of Polish Displaced persons 6. Idleness Bred Apathy: Displaced Persons Left in the Camps 7. From Displaced Persons to Homeless Foreigners: The 'Hard Core of DPs Left in Germany Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350189256
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350189263
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350189270
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781526629289
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350189287
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