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Author:   Samantha K. Knapton (University of Nottingham, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781526629289

ISBN 10:   1526629283
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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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"""This book provides an interesting insight into the interactions between Polish DPs in the British zone in Germany and the British occupying authorities and aid workers from UNRRA in the post-war period. Timely and important, there are parallels between that situation and what is happening now."" --Myra Cross, Associate Lecturer at The Open University, UK"

This book provides an interesting insight into the interactions between Polish DPs in the British zone in Germany and the British occupying authorities and aid workers from UNRRA in the post-war period. Timely and important, there are parallels between that situation and what is happening now. * Myra Cross, Associate Lecturer at The Open University, UK * Knapton has produced a convincing and well-researched analysis of the difficulties faced by international organizations and the British Military Government in attempting to ameliorate the living conditions of DPs and the reasons behind their inability to resolve the situation. In doing so, she has exposed the sheer inefficacy as well as the extent of discriminatory attitudes that were prevalent within UNRRA and the Military Government, while bringing to the fore the significant contribution of some individual humanitarian workers in providing care and relief. -- Camilo Erlichman * German History *

Author Information

Samantha K. Knapton is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is the co-editor, along with Katherine Rossy, of Relief and Rehabilitation for a Postwar World?: Humanitarian Intervention and the UNRRA (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).

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