Lost souls : Soviet displaced persons and the birth of the Cold War /

A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century's biggest refugee crises. When World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union claimed as their citizens were outside the borders of the USSR, mostly in the Western-occupied zones of Germany an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fitzpatrick, Sheila (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024].
Subjects:	United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. International Refugee Organization. World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Soviet Union. World War, 1939-1945 > Forced repatriation. Cold War. Communism and international relations. United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States. HISTORY / Russia / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.

Table of Contents:

UNRRA and its mandate
Repatriation to the Soviet Union and Allied conflict
Organization of DP life
DP occupations
Other DP activities and entertainments
IRO and its mandate
Resettlement as policy
DPs weigh the options
Unfinished business.