1985. During and after world war ii. It describes the movements of millions of people among shifting of orders and general chaos the chaos of that war and its aftermath. It describes a light at the street level and politics in the highest region of government. Millions of people were displaced by world war ii. Most known were those sent to concentration camps they were already migrant laborers, sports laborers, collaborators, political prisoners, and pows. When the war ended many if not most displaced persons return home. Yet as the title suggests, a million did not. This book tells the story of their search for a new home. So david, thanks for joining us. And to kick it off i have a simple question. Which is how did you come to the story . How did you see the last and million as a singular story to be told . Speech i think it had a lot to do with tony juts externally book postwar. And i have learned not to take the common sense view of historical events as necessarily truthful. Someti
And put into camps behind barbed wire, United Nations relief administration. But supplied by the armies. The army supplied them with food and medical supplies, build facilities and took care of them. In germany in the years following ve day, in these camps they were little ukraines, little jewish settlements. In the beginning the allies decided that they were going to separate by nationality, they did not recognize that there was such a thing as a jew. Lithuanian jews were sequestered to lithuania, with nonjewish, in many instances the jewish survivors found themselves in the concentration of labor camps. That ended in july and august. And all of these camps it was transitional. Would soon be allowed to go home. What they believed world war iii was coming rapidly. The americans and british were going to liberate lithuania from the soviets and they could go home again. Same with the polls. The jews knew they could never go home again. They tried to convince themselves and others they co
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And that we have come to know him to call his humanity and complexity and there is one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and as david but it and his optimism all the madness we see in the world and with the cando spirit it is indeed possible. This gives me the opportunity to say thank you. And with joseph pletter kennedy. Now turning to the 1 million displaced persons the last million is an epic story with millions and millions of people of general chaos and most known where those also migrant laborers and collaborators and when the war ended. And as the title suggest millions did not. And as a singular story to be told . And with the common sense view of historical events and not necessarily truthful only partially. Much clearer than before. With the peace treaties. And the suffering was displaced by war continues unabated between three and five years in the germany in the camps between three or five years. Talk about the millions who remain in the 1 million into germany
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About