Refugees in the Age of Total War by Anna C. Bramwell

Author:Anna C. Bramwell [Bramwell, Anna C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781032078212
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2021-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

British Reaction after Potsdam

To understand the deadlock on the German refugee problem it is necessary to understand the context in which this question was treated. In August the war was over, the enemy was defeated, and common cause had come to its end. Other values and interests would determine the future relations between the Allies. According to the Foreign Office, it was the complete lack of any German or inter-Allied organisation to deal with the problem that made the situation worse in the period immediately following the Potsdam negotiations.75

For practical and political reasons it was no longer a question of treating the matter cautiously which had been the British point of view months earlier. The British troops in Germany were faced with a people and country in a devastated condition. The situation in Germany is described in Die Vertriebenen in Westdeutschland (Vol. I) edited by Edding/Lemberg:

‘In Germany absolute chaos ruled in Spring 1945. 2.5 million dwellings were destroyed. 4.4 million dwellings were badly damaged - more than the total built between 1918 and 1937. Bombing had made roads and railways unusable. Everywhere there was famine, and a total lack of clothing, medicines and fuel.’76

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