Books about DP Camps in Europe,

There were millions of Displaced Persons in Germany at the end of World War II, most of whom had been brought in for forced labor during the war effort. Surviving Jews were also subsumed under this designation. The repatriation or emigration of these people was one of the most daunting tasks faced by the Allies after the liberation of the camps. This was exacerbated by the fact that many of the DPs from Eastern Europe (mainly Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic republics) did not wish to go back to their countries of origin, fearing rataliation by the new Communist regimes there. The process thus continued well into the 1950s, when finally all remaining DPs were granted the status of "expatriate residents" in Germany. This book is the first comprehensive study of the free mailing privilege granted to Displaced Persons in the British Zone of Germany in 1945-49. Mail service for Displaced Persons mail was allowed by the British and Americans long before similar services became available again for the German populace. As an added complication, the British Military Government assigned coded addresses to the camps located in their zone, and until now it had been virtually impossible to decode this system. Strobel has finally been able to do so through intensive study of formerly inaccessible documents in German and British archives. The book has charts listing all known camps and centers in the British Zone of Occupation by code number, alphabetically by location, and by the numbers of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the International Refugee Organization und private relief teams responsible for them. In addition, a list of British Field Post Office numbers in Germany, as well as of unit numbers of the Britsh Army of the Rhine help to make the history of Displaced Persons and their mails far clearer and easier to understand than they ever were before.

I don't know if it has been published in America (I think it has been). It is a memories from a German concentration camp, a place where people (about 100,000 - it wasn't a death camp) got killed by German Nazis. Kind regards, Piotr Stepien /Poland (My grandfather has been a soldier in Warsaw's rising.) Please visit: www.1944.pl

74) The Aftermath, Living with the Holocaust, by Aaron Hass, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-521-57459-5, 213 pages including an index. $18.10. (Limited to Jewish struggles.)

75) In the Shadow of the Holocaust, the Second Generation by Aaron Hass, Cambridge University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-521-49893-7, 162 pages. (Limited to Jewish struggles.)

76) Night by Elie Wiesel, Bantam Books, New York, 1960, ISBN 0-553-7253-5, 109 pages. (Limited to Jewish struggles.)

77) Survival in Auschwitz, by Primo Levi, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996, ISBN 0-684-82680, 187 pages. .(Limited to Jewish struggles.)

78) A History of the Holocaust, Revised Edition by Yehuda Bauer, Scholastic Inc., 1982, ISBN 0-531-15576-5, 213 pages. (Limited to Jewish struggles.)

79) The Displaced by T. G. Lackner, about DP camp HAID / ANSFELDEN in Austria

This was the biggest camp in Upper Austria after WW II and my new book will tell something about this camp for Jewish DPs, which later became a DPcamp for VDs (Volksdeutsche). I had many troubles with the chief of the town here, who is AGAINST telling the world about the thousands of DPs who lived (and died) in poverty here! Thousands of Italians, Russians and others were placed in the barracks during WW II as workers. Thousands of German POW's lived (and many died also!) here between 1945 and 1946, and many allied POW's were arrested here also. THANKS T. G. Lackner, Historian, E-mail: FirstSouthArt@hotmail.com

World War II ended in Europe 60 years ago this week. The millions of refugees who were in Germany included many Latvians. Here are their stories of escape from their homeland, their survival, and life in the Displaced Persons Camp called Insula in Berchestgaden, Germany. This long-awaited book, INSULA has finally arrived. More than 30 people have contributed their stories, written in English, with many also translated into Latvian. The book includes hundreds of photos.
For a description of the book and ordering information go to: https://www.kirkhouse.com/catalog/bookcatalog.htm#Insula or http://www.latviansonline.com
John Plume plume62@aol.com and Ventis Plume vplume@gci.net
Tel: 952.927.4830

This book varies from most Holocaust books in that it is about the frustrations and trials of the UNRRA workers, instead of the greater camp population. Submitted by Laurel Parker.

82) WWII Through Polish Eyes by MB Szonert - That was excellent, says Janie Micchelli, 2002, East European Monographs, Columbia University Press, 399 pages. http://www.polishlibrary.org/review/Throughpolisheyes.htm

83) Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski - you can get a copy of this from abebooks.com for under $5, ISBN: 1931541396

84) City of Greven: I just wanted to let you know about the publication of my Ph.D. thesis (in German language only). For more information just use the following urls:

http://www.lwl.org/LWL/Kultur/HistorischeKommission/Publikationen/Jahr2005/Displacedpersons/index2_html http://www.lwl.org/LWL/Kultur/HistorischeKommission/Publikationen/Jahr2005/Displacedpersons/?lang=en

City of Greven, Fachdienst Allgemeiner Service, Stadtarchiv (City Archive)
www.greven.net
Dr. Stefan Schröder
Rathausstr. 6
D-48268 Greven
Germany

85) DP: Lithuanian Immigration to Canada After the Second World War, by Danys, M. (1986), Toronto: Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario.

86) A Life of Hope, Memoirs of Nadia the Survivor, by Anton, Peter, Art Bookbindery, Canada ISBN 0-9736966-0-5, 112 pp.

This book is about a Ukrainian family, a woman Nadia and how she survived working in forced labor in Germany. There are some very interesting photographs of a marmalade factory in Germany, the buildings and men working in the kitchen.

87)  Lightning and Ashes, by John Guzlowski, Paperback: 96 page, Publisher: Steel Toe Books (March 10, 2007), Language: English, ISBN - 13: 978-0974326450,

I've started a blog about my parents and their experiences in the slave labor camps in Germany, and later their experiencs in the US as DPs.
 
I've posted about why I write about them, about how they came to America, about what it was like in the DP camps after the war.
 
I thought you might like to see the blog.

http://lightning-and-ashes.blogspot.com/jzguzlowski@eiu.edu

88) The Ashes of Innocence by Alexandra Tesluk, is a powerful, gripping page-turner. Blending intense psychological trauma, interspersed elements of beauty and love, Tesluk guides you on a journey, recollecting a childhood filled with repetitive physical, mental and emotional abuse and her search for her father lost in the rubble of World War II. ISBN 9-780980-894202. Order from http://www.volumesdirect.com

89) Searching the Place Ukrainian Displaced Persons,Canada and the Migration of Memory, by Lubomyr Y Luciak. Drawing on personal diaries, in-depth interviews, and previously unmined government archives, the author provides an interpretation of the Ukrainian experience in Canada that is both illuminating and controversial, scholarly and intimate. Luciuk reveals how a distinct Ukrainian Canadian identity emerged and has been manipulated, negotiated, and recast from the beginnings of Ukrainian pioneer settlement at the turn of the last century to the present. Written with journalistic skill and a clear interpretive vision, Searching for Place represents a meticulous, original, and provocative contribution to the study of modern Canada and one of its most important communities. ISBN Paperback: 080208088X http://www.infoukes.com/bookstore/luciuk/searching_for_place.html

90) My Flag Grew Stars: World War II Refugees Journey to America by Kitty Gogins allows readers to relive her parents' fascinating story.¬Ý Their world destroyed in World War II, teenagers Olga and Tibor flee Hungary, and struggle to survive as refugees. Their experiences on the losing side provide a unique perspective of war, the actions of Americans, and the daily fight of refugees to survive. Immigrating as indentured servants, they unite, embarking on a journey to become Americans. Through perseverance and creativity, they learn how to thrive, Tibor as a world-renowned professor and Olga counseling refugees, earning the title area immigrants patron saint. kgogins@mindspring.com

http://kittygogins.books.officelive.com

91) The Red Prince by T. Snyder: This is a  true story that is written by a historical master writer; a story that not many know about a fight for Ukraine and the way European countries came about. It is the story of the Habsburgs, in particular Wilhelm who became Ukrainian by choice and wore the Ukrainian embroidered shirt under his uniform. He was known as Vasyl Vishivaniy.

92) An Italian Renaissance: Choosing Life in Canada [Hardcover], by Robert Rubinstein, $24.95 See Amazon.com.
The central focus of which is the Grugliasco DP Camp where my parents were trapped for almost three years, and where I was born in 1948. Robert Rubinstein rrubinstein@sympatico.ca

93) The Night Sky:  A Journey from Dachau to Denver?   It has a lot of information about the DP camps in general, and has specific chapters about Altenstad, Pfaffenhofen, and Mittenwald.  Olga, you are in the book because something you said inspired me to continue the search for my father.

 
For a unique and absorbing journey into the heart of the DP camps, click this link for an extraordinary story of the DP Camps and Poland, Ukraine, and Germany during WW II. http://www.amazon.com/Night-Sky-Journey-Dachau-ebook/dp/B0058B9FQ6/ref=sr_1_

 

 

94) Titos Kriegsgefangene. Folterlager, Hungermˆ§rsche und Schauprozesse. By Roland Kaltenegger
Tito's POWs Torture camps, hunger marches and show trials, published in June 2001 300 pages, numerous illustrations. Fig,  Leopold Stocker Verlag | ISBN: 3702009175, See Amazon.com, Submitted by: Alan Newark

95) Waiting to be Heard: The Polish Christian Experience Under Nazi and Stalinist Oppression 1939-1955 [Paperback] (Author) Bogusia J. Wojciechowska http://www.amazon.com/Bogusia-J.-Wojciechowska/e/B002ZQ188K/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1      Publication Date: September 4, 2009

Waiting to be Heard is the voice of the persecuted, the brave, the hopeful, the betrayed and the determined. It is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and to a generation that did not see itself as 'victims,' but as 'survivors.' Studies of the War and post-War years have traditionally focused on political and military history. In recent years there has been a greater interest in the social consequences of the War. Nevertheless, discussions relating to the displacement of the Polish-born usually focus on the Holocaust interpreted as a Jewish-only phenomenon.

Yet, in the years 1939-45, Poland lost 6, 029, 000, or 22%, of its total population, including approximately 3 million of its Christian residents. Many of those who survived the War, at its conclusion, were scattered all over the world; by the end of 1945, 249, 000 members of the Polish Armed Forces were under British command, with 41, 400 dependants in the United Kingdom, Italy, East and South Africa, New Zealand, India, Palestine, Mexico and Western Germany. Submitted by: Alan Newark

96) The Greatest Invention of the Leitz Family: The Leica Freedom Train, by Frank Dabba Smith

How Leica saved Jews and how one member helped 800 Ukrainian women slave labourers,

As Christians, Leitz and his family were immune to Nazi Germany's Nuremberg laws, which restricted the movement of Jews and limited their professional activities.To help his Jewish workers and colleagues, Leitz quietly established what has become known among historians of the Holocaust as "the Leica Freedom Train," a covert means of allowing Jews to leave Germany in the guise of Leitz employees being assigned overseas. The refugees were paid a stipend until they could find work. Out of this migration came designers, repair technicians, salespeople, marketers
and writers for the photographic press.

Leitz's daughter, Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, was imprisoned by the Gestapo after she was caught at the border, helping Jewish women cross into Switzerland. She eventually was freed but endured rough treatment in the course of questioning. She also fell under suspicion when she attempted to improve the living conditions of 700 to 800 Ukrainian slave laborers, all of them women, who had been assigned to work in the plant during the 1940s.

According to the late Norman Lipton, a freelance writer and editor, the Leitz family wanted no publicity for its heroic efforts. Only after the last member of the Leitz family was dead did the "Leica Freedom Train" finally come to light. Submitted by: Alan Newark braveheart180203@hotmail.com

97) To Battle: The Formation and History of the 14. Gallician SS Volunteer Division, by Michael Melnyk. To order: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1874622191/thirdreichfactbo, edition 2 is updated and in paperback.

"The newly established Ukrainian government has allowed the veterans to draw war pensions, honour their dead and those vets still living in Ukraine can publically defend themselves and their actions without fear of reprisal. This turn of events has rekindled a latent interest in the Division and has caused a shift in the nature of the research being undertaken which is no longer focused solely on denial of accusations of war crimes. However the market forces that these newly emerging democracies are subjected to have had some unfortunate side effects, namely a huge black market in any material related to this Division. Whilst the archives are now accessible, their contents are often available to the highest bidder. Other ’Äòentrepreneurs ’Äò will happily steal original material to order and in this way documents, soldbuchs and photographs hitherto unseen in the west have begun to make their way onto the open market in the west. This material which has been indiscriminately pilfered, is offered without provenance so that it’Äôs potential to contribute to the wider history of this unit is often fatally compromised," from an interview with Melnyk, http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=12279
Submitted by: Alan Newark braveheart180203@hotmail.com

98) Umerziehung Im Lager: Internierung und Bestrafung von Nationalsozialisten in der Britischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands, by Heiner Wember: Dissertation, Klartext Verlag. Essen. 1. Auflage, 1991; 2. Auflage 1992, 3. Auflage 2007'.

This book is about the British internment camps. Submitted by: Alan Newark braveheart180203@hotmail.com

99) Reeducation camp Detention and punishment of the Nazis in another British occupation zone of Germaby Author, Heiner Wember, 2007 (2nd edition) ISBN / EAN: 978-3-89861-883-0

Germany 1945: fear of werewolf commandos and a Nazi Unbergrundbewegung decide the Allies, in addition to the fq/4hrenden Nazis and the overall mean level of the staff of the NSDAP, SS, Gestapo, Hitler Youth and SA as well as administration officials and "suspicious persons" interned. Only the British arrest 90 000 men and women and keep them in North and West Germany for up to three years in twelve camps - set - including the former concentration camp Neuengamme and Esterwegen.
Heiner Wember evaluates the first historian of the English Internierungsakten. He describes not only the internment and the trials of 19 000 prisoners, but also traces of how the thinking of the Nazi elite and Fq/4hlen changed during the internment. Because despite very poor accommodation and food there was in the British camps an active cultural life, a q/4berraschend intensive missionary work of the churches and above all, a lot of time to think.
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http://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/8266515-9783898618830-umerziehung-im-lager

Submitted by: Alan Newark braveheart180203@hotmail.com

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Ukrainian DP Camp, POW Camp, Government in Exile, and National Council Issues (Second Edition) by Borys Fessak * Handbook of Modern Ukrainian Philately by George D. Fedyk and Ingert J. Kuzych * The Provisional Postage Stamps of Ukraine, 1992-1995 by Hryhoriy Lobko * Ukraine: Classic Trident Overprints by R. Seichter * Ukrainian Philatelist Index, 1951-1996 compiled by I. Kuzych

Gradskova, Ioulia: Woman in the critique of traditional morality on the eve of Russian revolution, 1997
- Changes of women's images in new Russian ideologies, 1997
- 'Ordinary' Russian woman: toward the understanding of soviet and post-soviet identity, 1998
Oravecz, Robert : On the Content of the Suicide Notes and the Leave-taking notes of Patriots, Excuted at the Time of W.W.II
-Interethnicity and Irrationality . 1999
-Trauma induced disturbances of the refugee children. Addict. Hun. VI. évf. 1998 2. szam.

See website of Harry W. Mazal for more Jewish research material. http://www.holocaust-history.org/questions/dps.shtml

Jewish books in Dan Wyman's catalog http://www.geocities.com/daniel_wyman/catalog9f.htm

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