Rejecting Conditions of Resettlement: Displaced Persons ‘Returnees’ and the Question of Agency
Journal of Contemporary History
Published online on February 23, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines the overlooked phenomenon of displaced persons (DP) who, after postwar resettlement under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration/International Refugee Organization (IRO) schemes, sought to return to Europe – the ‘...
This article examines the overlooked phenomenon of displaced persons (DP) who, after postwar resettlement under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration/International Refugee Organization (IRO) schemes, sought to return to Europe – the ‘...