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Destination elsewhere : displaced persons and their quest to leave postwar Europe / Ruth Balint.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balint, Ruth, author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Refugee Organization.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Refugees--Europe--History--20th century.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--Government policy--Europe--History--20th century.
- Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- In this unique 'history from below', 'Destination Elsewhere' chronicles encounters between displaced persons in Europe and the Allied agencies who were tasked with caring for them after the Second World War. The struggle to define who was a displaced person and who was not was a subject of intense debate and deliberation among humanitarians, international law experts, immigration planners and governments. What has not adequately been recognised is that displaced persons also actively participated in this emerging refugee conversation. Displaced persons endured war, displacement and resettlement, but these experiences were not defined by passivity and speechlessness. Instead, they spoke back, creating a dialogue that in turn helped shape the modern idea of the refugee.
- Contents:
- Telling the Truth in Postwar Europe
- "There Has Been a Lot of Dirt Here" : Denunciations and Accusations
- Housewives and Opportunists : Categorizing DP Women and Wives
- Unaccompanied Children and Unfit Mothers
- The Children Left Behind
- "The top-heavy slow-turning wheel" : From Europe to Australia
- Address Unknown : Tracing the Disappeared
- Conclusion : History off the Leash.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9781501760228
- 150176022X
- OCLC:
- 1287098245
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