THIS WEEK’S EDITION
Displaced People
In history, we learn about the horrors of war. We learned in middle school and high school about the Holocaust and other genocides that have…
Displaced Persons: Think of the Children, Would you?
During World War Two, people were moved en mass between national borders, creating tens of thousands of people with unspecific homes. Many of these people were children, who could not remember from where they came. This may have raised issues Continue reading Displaced Persons: Think of the Children, Would you?→
The War’s Untold Casualties
The Devastation caused during the Second World War was apparent to all of the nations around the world. Children are taught regularly about the trauma induced upon the soldiers and civilians during the multiple military campaigns conducted in Europe and elsewhere. What is less likely to be taught however, is the emotional pain that […]
Displaced Persons After WWII
I have never had to move in my life, my family has been stationary in northern Virginia for over 20 years. So I have no idea what it must have felt like for the ethnic Germans after World War II ended when they had to pick up what they could carry and move out of […]
Displaced here and there
Post World War II Europe was always a nightmare being prepared for. President Roosevelt and his wife both understood that the destruction that was taking place in Europe would bring years and years of headache and hardship for the bystanders…. Continue Reading →
The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War
The Second World War left Europe in ruins and millions of people with out homes or hundreds of miles from their homes. Franklin D. Roosevelt predicted such an outcome in 1939. FDR stated the end of the war would bring about “the problem of the human refugee”(Cohen, 1). In 1943, two years prior to the … Continue reading “The DP Question Adding Pressure to the Cold War”
Displaced Persons: Polish People from the Soviet Union
On July 30, 1941 Joseph Stalin signed an agreement with Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and the exiled Polish government to secure the release of Polish prisoners within the Soviet Union. Stalin would help the Polish government to form an army in order to help fight Hitler’s armies. With the release of over 250,000 people, two … Continue reading “Displaced Persons: Polish People from the Soviet Union”
The Decision for a Displaced Person
http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa25807 Reisele Kirkel was only two months old when Germany invaded Lithuania. Her mother and siblings died in concentration camps, but she survived due to her mother’s efforts to hide her. In this photograph, she posed with her doll… Continue Reading →
The Story of Leni Freiwald
“They Called Me Leni,” a book about a kidnapped Czech girl, sent to be raised in Germany.
Leni Freiwald is a fictional character from Czech writer Zdenka Bezdekova’s book entitled, “They Called me Leni.” She was born in Czechoslovakia in 1946 and named Alena Sykorova. Kidnapped from her home in Czech, she was taken […]
The Influence of Displaced Peoples of WWII
Following the conclusion of World War II, the individual statuses of European states were called into question. Almost immediately, sovereignty became a primary concern on all fronts, fostering reconstructive and innovative thinking with one common goal in mind: present and future national security. To achieve such a sought after political condition, all eyes turned to […]
