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Exploring Pathways of (Forced) Migration, Resettlement Structures, and Displaced Persons' Agency: Document Holdings and Research Potentials of the Arolsen Archives
Erkundung (erzwungener) Migrationswege, Strukturen der Neuansiedlung und Agency von Displaced Persons: Dokumentenbestände und Forschungspotentiale der Arolsen Archives
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Abstract As a consequence of Nazi persecution, millions of liberated forced laborers, camp prisoners, and others found themselves outside their countries of origin in May 1945. Dealing with these displaced persons (DPs) constituted one of the largest challenges the Allies faced after World War II. Allied aid... mehr
As a consequence of Nazi persecution, millions of liberated forced laborers, camp prisoners, and others found themselves outside their countries of origin in May 1945. Dealing with these displaced persons (DPs) constituted one of the largest challenges the Allies faced after World War II. Allied aid organizations not only provided care for the DPs while preparing their repatriation or resettlement but also had to search for, and clarify the fate of, those missing. To achieve this goal, the International Tracing Service (ITS) was set up in Arolsen, Germany. This institution, which has recently been renamed the Arolsen Archives, developed into the world’s largest repository of documents on Nazi persecution as well as on Allied efforts to manage the DP problem. Most of the holdings have already been digitized. Starting with a description of Allied registration procedures, this paper outlines the development and scope of DP collections held at Arolsen. Special focus is given to casefiles of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) regarding the care and maintenance of DPs living in occupied Germany. The paper discusses how the records can be used to explore pathways of (forced) migration, to research resettlement structures, and to address the issue of DPs’ agency.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Vertriebener; Digitalisierung; Zwangsarbeit; Archiv; Zweiter Weltkrieg; Umsiedlung; Migrationsforschung; Nachkriegszeit
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
Arolsen Archives; displaced person; Germany; registration records; archival processing; resettlement; international refugee organization; international tracing service; Internationaler Suchdienst; ITS
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 45-68
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 45 (2020) 4
Heftthema
Violence Induced Mobility
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.45.2020.4.45-68
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)