The last million : Europe's displaced persons from World War to Cold War
by Nasaw, David (Author)
Summary
"In May of 1945, German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, effectively putting an end to World War II in Europe. But the aftershocks of this global military conflict did not cease with the signing of truces and peace treaties. Millions of lost and homeless POWs, slave laborers, political priso... Full description
- From Poland and Ukraine : Forced Laborers, 1941-1945
- From Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Western Ukraine
- From the Concentration and Death Camps
- Alone, Abandoned, Determined, the She'erit Hapletah Organizes
- The Harrison Mission, Report, and Consequences
- The U.S., the UK, the USSR, and UNRRA
- Inside the DP Camps
- "The War Department Is Very Anxious"
- "U.S. Begins Purge in German Camps. Will Weed Out Nazis,
- Fascist Sympathizers and Criminals Among Displaced Persons,"
- New York Times, March 10, 1946
- The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry Issues Its Report
- The Polish Jews Escape into Germany
- Fiorello La Guardia to the Rescue
- The Death of UNRRA
- "Send Them Here," Life Magazine, September 23, 1946
- Fact-Finding in Europe
- "The Best Migrant Types"
- "So Difficult of Solution" Jewish Displaced Persons
- "Jewish Immigration Is the Central Issue in Palestine Today"
- "A Noxious Mess Which Defies Digestion"
- "A Shameful Victory for [the] School of Bigotry"
- "Get These People Moving"
- "The Utilization of Refugees from the Soviet Union
- in the U.S. National Interest"
- The Displaced Persons Act of 1950
- McCarran's Internal Security Act Restricts the Entry of Communist Subversives
- "The Nazis Come In"
- The Gates Open Wide
- Aftermaths.