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Report by the United States War Department on the situation of displaced persons (5 July 1945)
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Displaced persons in Germany, in The Department of State Bulletin. 22.07.1945, No 317; vol. XIII; publication 2365, pp. 127-128.
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| Keywords |
food aid, refugee, Second World War, UNRRA
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| Copyright |
United States of America Government Printing Office
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| Caption |
On 5 July 1945, the US War Department issues an alarming report on the situation of refugees in Europe and Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War and describes the measures taken by the Allies to help displaced persons.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> Europe in ruins in the aftermath of the Second World War >> The human consequences
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| Document extract |
July 22, 1945 Displaced Persons in Germany: Present Operations
[Released to the press by the War Department July 5] The gigantic task of locating, registering, housing, feeding, and finally repatriating displaced persons is being rapidly cleared away in the Allied zone in Germany, and present prospects are that the problem will be substantially reduced within the next two months, it was announced on July 5. The announcement was made by the Honorable John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War and chairman of the Combined Civil Affairs Committee, Anglo-American Group, charged by the Combined Chiefs of Staff with the military responsibility of handling civilian problems contingent with and occurring in the wake of battle. The problem of displaced persons — including prisoners of war in Germany, political and radical prisoners, and slave laborers — was one of the most complicated and urgent matters facing the Allies when they overran Germany and the Wehrmacht collapsed. Millions of persons of every nationality and every walk of life glutted the roads. Concentration camps were filled with helpless people. Many were starved and sick. All had but one goal — to get home. The Allies uncovered almost 5,800,000 displaced persons. As of July 2, 3,260,000 of these had been repatriated to thei (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Distribution of food under the UNRRA aid programme (Belgium, 1 January 1946)
Cartoon by Low on UNRRA’s difficult mission (16 January 1946)
Summary of the current situation of displaced persons in Allied assembly centres in Germany (7 February 1947)
Agreement Concerning the Care and Repatriation of Displaced Persons (February 1945)
Cartoon by Szewczuk on the difficult situation of German refugees (28 February 1946)
Cartoon by Low on the refugee problem in Berlin (21 August 1945)
UNRRA
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