?This book examines the experiences of refugees who populated the Displaced Persons (DP) camps in the British Zone of Allied-occupied Germany after the Second World War.
Imogen Bayley is a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow (2024 – 2026) at the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance. Prior to this, she has worked for research institutes in the UK, Poland, Germany, and Hungary.
Chapter 1: Introduction .- Chapter 2: Repatriation after ‘Liberation’.- Chapter 3: Screening the ‘Genuine’ Postwar Refugee.- Chapter 4: The Worker’s Way Out: British Labour Recruitment Schemes.- Chapter 5: The Push for Palestine.- Chapter 6: The New World.- Chapter 7: While We Wait.- Chapter 8: The Gates Open.- Chapter 9: The Hard Core ‘Residue’ and Absorption in Germany.- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Fighting for a Future.