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’Äô 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.¬Ý Immigrating as indentured servants, they unite, embarking on a journey to become Americans.¬Ý Through perseverance and creativity, they learn how to thrive, Tibor as a world-renowned professor and Olga counseling refugees, earning the title ’Äúarea immigrants’Äô patron saint.’Äù kgogins@mindspring.com

http://kittygogins.books.officelive.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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