Sunday, January 13, 2019
The Displaced Person of World War II
Once the Nazi Reich had fallen the Unstable Allies faced a massive problem. The Millions of Europeans who had lost their homes. Through Bombing and battles many cities had been destroyed and the Economic situation of Europe was broken. Once rebuilding began millions of people needed to be moved at the same time. The Germans called this time the year 0 because for them and many other countries it was a restart. The Germans in particular faced some interesting situations. All of the Eastern germans where ordered to move west, and thousands of POWs had to move across Europe to return home. This of course pales in comparison to Poland. Poland after being conquered had almost their entire army flee and join the British or soviets against the germans. Even more civilians left Poland trying to escape the Nazis.
It is incredible to think what these people had to live through. Entire countries swallowed up, then war waging through their country. Only for the war to end and having to rebuild everything.
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One of my questions I had in reading about Poland was how did they rebuild the country (i.e. government and military) if everyone kept leaving? Also, how hard was it for the Poles to move out of Poland and into other parts of Europe? Were they welcomed, or was immigration a struggle?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that you spoke about how you feel about this topic and seems that you have a lot of knowledge about the war. Mia's question is really compelling, how did Poland rebuild if everyone kept leaving?
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