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
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
The last million. Europes displaced persons from world war to the cold war. Im joel rosenthal, Prime Minister of Carnegie Council for ethics and international affairs. For those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. His biography of Andrew Carnegie published in 2006 was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, weve come to know Andrew Carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and theres one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the Carnegie Council, and that is the as david would put it cashtys carnegies cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a cando spirit is, indeed, possible. That idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. In addition to the carnegie biography, davids previous books include prizewinning biographies of joseph p. Kennedy and William Randolph hearst.
That the bill would breach International Law. This is international from moscow on call and bright welcome to this news update the Lithuanian Parliament has passed a bill to recognize the Opposition Leader as the president comes off for a month of unrest in belarus following president contested election victory. Reports next from. Its still tense here and that means we havent seen today the kind the hollands the crackdowns of we saw him in previous days but what would i do then you could see of me so international with this new coming out good surprising news and declaring the winner of the election contested election last month declare it looks a good rival as we plotted to the last guy who had earlier fled the country the Lithuanian Parliament calls on the International Community to support the demand from Straight Line a 2nd of scare the leader elected by the belorussian people and from the Coordination Council established at her invitation as the only legitimate representatives of