UNA appeal for postwar integration of refugees, Germany

Sep. 09, 1956 - After Ten Years Of Peace Europe Still 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 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 the 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. Photo Shows: Old Joseph (his real name must be kept a secret) spends his days pottering about in the fields near the camp at Varel where he lives with other old people. He is one of the displaced persons for whom the United Nations Association appeal is being launched

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Appeal Assimilated Assimilation Displaced Dotted Easily Efforts Especially Fade Folks Hopes Integration Kindly Labelled Launched Launching Officially Pathetic Permanent Populations Postwar Problems Provide Repatriated Situated Spends Themselves Tragedies Varel Virile Whom Wipe

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