Refugee Josef, duck breeder, Varel Camp

Apr. 05 Josef Breeds Ducks - And Starves Himself To Feed Them: For ten years, in Varel Camp for Refugees, Josef (his real name must remain a secret) has earned a meagre living by breeding ducks. He has a real affection for his ducks, and hardly likes parting with them when the time comes. After Ten Years Of Peace Europe Still Has 225, 000 Refugees: In Camps dotted over Europe, and especially in West Germany are some 225, 000 pathetic people, old folks, mothers and fathers with young children, and virile persons who could be productively working, Ten years after the war, they are still labelled officially refugees and it is to help them that the United Nations Association is launching a new appeal this Autumn, to provide them with better living conditions, permanent homes and education. Main problem is that the refugees themselves are not easily assimilated, and the populations in which the camps are situated do not take kindly to this assimilation. As hopes of ever being repatriated fade, new efforts must be made to wipe out this Camp life with all its unnaturalness, and help some form of integration; This is one of a series of pictures taken at some of the camps in Germany showing the living conditions of the people and something of their individual family tragedies

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Appeal Assimilated Assimilation Breeder Breeding Dotted Ducks Earned Easily Efforts Especially Fade Feed Folks Hardly Hopes Integration Kindly Labelled Launching Likes Meagre Officially Parting Pathetic Permanent Populations Poultry Provide Repatriated Situated Themselves Tragedies Varel Virile Wipe

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