Introduction: World Wars and Population Displacement in Europe in the Twentieth Century
In: Contemporary European history, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 415-426
ISSN: 1469-2171
This special issue ofContemporary European Historyis devoted to the impact of the two world wars on civilian population displacement in Europe. Each contributor has brought fresh material to bear on specific instances of involuntary migration that are either unfamiliar or poorly understood. The contributors seek to establish the origins of population displacement and the assistance provided by governments, non-government organisations and individuals and, where possible, also to reflect on the ways in which displacement was understood both at the time and subsequently.