POSTWAR: A Global History of the Second World War's Legacy

In the wake of World War II, arguably one of the most paramount issues was refugees and displaced people (also known as DPs, an abbreviation coined in United States while preparing to reconstruct after the war) in Europe. Millions of individuals were forced to leave their homes and countries of origin in order to escape …

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Christopher Jackson Displaced Persons The common theme for these articles involves people being displaced. This displacement was a result of war and the after affects. War has always been troublesome in the past and even to this very day. These articles however focus on the after math of World War II and its effect on …

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Greetings fellow classmates! My name is Dalton Ragland. I am currently a Junior majoring in History. I am also planning on receiving my Master’s in Secondary Education through the Graduate School here at Virginia Tech. I am from a rural area know as Nelson County located between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. I took Professor Gitre’s WWII …

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        Home. It is such a important concept of the human experience. Sure some people can exist as nomads but for the the majority of us we need a place to call our own. After the extremely divisive political conflicts of World War II many people did not ideologically belong anymore to […]

Boys in postwar Berlin are served a ration of gruel (flour and milk)   What I found most intriguing about the readings was Germany’s reaction to the aftermath of the war and their interpretations of the cause of their plight. For many Germans, a sense of victimization pervaded their minds as they looked over the … Continue reading →

Hey, everyone. I am Zachary Hubbard, a history major and an Appalachian studies minor. I am a senior here at Tech and the Corps of Cadets and want to work with the Park Services when I graduate. I enjoy hiking and being outside the most and when the weather is bad I watch TV and play …

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Hello, I’m Jimmy Meehan and I am a junior double majoring in history and national security. I am also a member of the Corps of Cadets and part of the Citizen Leader track. It is my hope to one day have a career in the government doing something along the lines of foreign service. Both …

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Hello all! I’m Spencer Andrews, a senior from Virginia Beach double majoring in History and Psychology.  I love to travel and play volleyball, and I am a very amateur photographer.  This past year I visited friends and family in Iceland and Hawaii and took some photographs that I attached here.  After graduation, I hope to …

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My name is Joy Pierce and I’m a Sophomore History major here at Virginia Tech. After graduation, I plan to attend graduate school to ultimately pursue a career in Public History, specifically as a museum curator. My favorite historical periods to study are the European Renaissance and WWII-era Europe. Some of the things that I …

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So, since Mr. Dr. Gitre has ensured that I need to remind at least him, my name is Jamison Silinsky. I’m a history major, with a war & society minor, political science minor, and potential Italian minor. Born a Navy brat, looking towards the intelligence units in the Air Force. Being candid, I’ve never known …

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