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Book SynopsisSharif Gemie is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Glamorgan. He is the author of five books, and of over thirty articles in academic journals. He is currently researching Empire and the Second World War. Laure Humbert was a Research Assistant at the University of Glamorgan in 2007-10. She is currently a post-graduate at the University of Exeter, researching the administration of DPs in the French zone of occupied Germany.
Trade ReviewThe aim of this book is to reconsider the complex journeys undertaken by European refugees and the relationships between refugees and relief workers... The research...is impressive. -- Peter Gatrell, University of Manchester, UK * European History Quarterly *
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I - The Midnight of the Century; 1. The Retirada; 2. Evacuation of France 1939-40; 3. Exodus: French Internal Refugees 1940; 4. After the Exodus; Part II - False Dawn; 5. The Lessons of War; 6. In Darkest Germany; 7. UNRRA and Zionism; 8. Recreating the Nation; 9. Postscript: From UNRRA to IRO and Beyond; Conclusions: the Citizen and the Refugee.
