THE LAST MILLION Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War

In this meticulously researched tome, the fates of one million displaced persons who were left without homes as a result of WWII are presented with clarity and precision by narrator Malcolm Hillgartner. Nasaw deftly interweaves the personal and the political, juxtaposing the postwar strategies of the Allied nations and several international organizations with distressing personal histories of those who lost everything except their lives. Hillgartner is particularly effective at conveying the accounts of concentration camp survivors, forced laborers, and other displaced persons who had no option but to remain--sometimes for years--in refugee camps, awaiting possible resettlement in Israel, the U.S., and other nations. A powerhouse treatise is enhanced by a riveting narration. M.J. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2020]