Buch, Englisch, 95 Seiten
Findings on the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in Africa and Asia, 1947–1951
Buch, Englisch, 95 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-948126-15-5
Verlag: Arolsen Archives
Between 1947 and 1951, the International Refugee Organization (IRO) took care of millions of Displaced Persons and refugees. In the aftermath of Nazi persecution and World War II in general, they were stranded in the western zones of occupied Germany, Austria, and Italy. Because some of them did not want to return to their countries of origin, the IRO arranged for the worldwide resettlement of these individuals to countries that were willing to accept them. However, the IRO was not only active in Europe – a fact that is often overlooked. Based on documents kept in the Arolsen Archives, the world’s largest collection on the victims of Nazi persecution, this publication focuses on the activities of the IRO in Africa and Asia. It deals with the accommodation of several thousand Polish DPs in East African countries, who had originally been deported to the Soviet Union after the occupation of Eastern Poland. The volume also focuses on doctors and nurses who came to Pakistan as DPs through the efforts of the IRO. As part of the Findings series of the Arolsen Archives, this publication explores somewhat unfamiliar aspects and geographical areas of the IRO’s work with a view to encouraging further research on the subject.
