Abstract

For the nearly 9.5 million ethnic Germans who had been expelled or fled from formerly German territories in eastern Europe in 1945, life in camps was the norm, and standing in line was a tiresome commonplace.

Everyday life in a Berlin Camp for ethnic Germans (1945)

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Source

Source: Life in the refugee camp – old woman peeling potatoes, in the background a queue in front of the food distribution. Unknown photographer.
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Recommended Citation

Everyday life in a Berlin Camp for ethnic Germans (1945), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/occupation-and-the-emergence-of-two-states-1945-1961/ghdi:image-1013> [April 24, 2024].

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