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    The uprooted millions of Europe - archive, November 1943

    A study of forced population migrations during the second world war saw the first appearance of the term ‘displaced person’
    by compiled by Richard Nelsson Nov 27, 2019 4 minutes
    Women and children walking to eastern Russia after the German invasion, 1941. Photograph: Max Alpert/Getty Images

    Editorial: the uprooted

    19 November 1943

    One of the most terrifying of the responsibilities that will face the United Nations as Germany is defeated will be that of the uprooted millions. It is a problem for which there is no parallel in history; past wars have seen the disbandment of great armies, the repatriation of masses of prisoners of war, and the return to their homes of those who had fled before invading armies. But there has been nothing like the mass migrations the Germans have caused. It was reported to the Atlantic City Conference on Wednesday that the estimated that there would

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