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Agreement Concerning the Care and Repatriation of Displaced Persons (February 1945)
TextOn 13 February 1945 in London, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and representatives of the seven European Allied Governments sign an Agreement Concerning the Care and Repatriation of Displaced Persons.
Report by the United States War Department on the situation of displaced persons (5 July 1945)
TextOn 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.
"Das Flüchtlingsproblem" in Deutsche Volkszeitung (24. Juli 1945)
TextAm 24. Juli 1945 berichtet die Tageszeitung der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands, Deutsche Volkszeitung, über die schwierige Lage der deutschen Flüchtlinge.
Cartoon by Low on the refugee problem in Berlin (21 August 1945)
BildOn 21 August 1945, shortly after the end of the Second World War, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the difficulties experienced by the Allied Control Council in managing the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons in Berlin.
Poster published by the National Federation of Deported and Imprisoned Resistance Fighters and Patriots (FNDIRP) (1945)
BildPoster published by the National Federation of Deported and Imprisoned Resistance Fighters and Patriots (FNDIRP) in 1945 in response to the war and deportation.
"Züge des Elends" in Le Monde (30. Oktober 1945)
TextIn einem Artikel vom 30. Oktober 1945 beschreibt die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde die bedrückende Atmosphäre in den teilweise durch die alliierten Bombenangriffe zerstörten deutschen Bahnhöfen.
Karikatur von Szewczuk zur schwierigen Lage der deutschen Flüchtlinge (28. Februar 1946)
Bild„Heim ins Reich …“ Am 28. Februar 1946 illustriert der Karikaturist Mirko Szewczuk die schrecklichen menschlichen Konsequenzen des Zweiten Weltkriegs und nutzt den Ausdruck „Heim ins Reich“ der ehemaligen Hitler-Propaganda, um die Massenbewegung deutscher Flüchtlinge auf der Flucht der sowjetischen Armee in die westlichen Besatzungszonen zu beschreiben.
"Der Berg des Elends" in Süddeutsche Zeitung (19. November 1946)
TextAm 19. November 1946 zieht die Münchner Tageszeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung eine katastrophale Bilanz der humanitären Lage im zerstörten Deutschland und ruft auf zu christlicher Nächstenliebe.
Statistics on displaced persons housed in assembly centres in Germany (January 1947)
TextStatistics on displaced persons housed in assembly centres in the US, British and French occupation zones in Germany in January 1947.
Summary of the current situation of displaced persons in Allied assembly centres in Germany (7 February 1947)
TabelleIn February 1947, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) paints a bleak picture of the situation of displaced persons accommodated in assembly centres in the British, American and French occupation zones in Germany.
"Die Vereinten Nationen und das Flüchtlingsproblem" in Le Monde (6. Mai 1947)
TextAm 6. Mai 1947 zeichnet die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde ein dramatisches Bild der Flüchtlingssituation im vom Krieg zerstörten Europa und beschreibt die Mittel, die die Vereinten Nationen zur Unterstützung der Vertriebenen aufwendet.
Deutsche Flüchtlinge
BildDie ersten Ströme der Zivilbevölkerung setzen mit dem Vorrücken der Roten Armee nach Westen ein. Nach Kriegsende muss Deutschland fast 12 Millionen Flüchtlinge aufnehmen.
Recommendations adopted by the International Conference of the League of Red Cross Societies on the problem of refugees in western Germany and Austria (Hanover, 9–14 April 1951)
TextFrom 9 to 14 April 1951, an international conference is held in Hanover, convened by the League of Red Cross Societies. The conference is attended by representatives from the 17 national societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies, to examine the problem of the 9 million refugees in western Germany and Austria. At the conference, 17 recommendations are adopted to establish solutions that will enable refugees and exiles to build new lives.
Report from the Council of Europe on the refugee problem (Strasbourg, 1953)
TextIn 1953, the Council of Europe publishes a report in which it analyses the problem of refugees and excess population in Europe.
Post-war German population movements
TextIn 1966, the West German Ministry of Refugees and Displaced Persons publishes statistical and graphical data illustrating German population movements, whether voluntary or enforced, in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Der Völkermord an den Juden: der Holocaust
Aerial view of the Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland, 25 August 1944)
BildAerial photograph taken on 25 August 1944 of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, the largest of the Nazi concentration camp complexes.
Aerial view of Birkenau concentration camp showing the gas chambers (Poland, 25 August 1944)
BildOn 25 August 1944, the US Central Intelligence Agency services take this aerial photo of the Nazi extermination camp in Birkenau, Poland, showing a group of prisoners on their way to the gas chambers.
Aerial view of Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland, 13 September 1944)
BildOn 13 September 1944, the US Central Intelligence Agency services take this aerial photo of the Nazi concentration camp in Birkenau, Poland.
Nordhausen concentration camp (Germany, 12 April 1945)
BildPhotograph taken on 12 April 1945 showing the last victims of the Nordhausen Nazi concentration camp, a sub-camp of the Mittelbau Dora concentration camp complex (Germany).
Buchenwald concentration camp (Germany, 16 April 1945)
BildThree prisoners of Russian, Polish and Dutch origin, ‘survivors’ of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp in April 1945.
Der Völkermord an den Juden: der Holocaust
Cartoon by Behrendt on the Final Solution
Bild‘It wasn't us, Guv!' In April 1961, Fritz Behrendt, German cartoonist, denounces the defence put forward by Karl Adolf Eichmann — former Nazi Head of the Department for Jewish Affairs in the Reich Central Security Office (RHSA) and architect of the Final Solution during the Second World War — when tried for crimes against humanity before the court in Jerusalem.