Who was 'worthy'? How empathy drove policy decisions about the uprooted in occupied Germany, 1945-1948
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Who was 'worthy'? How empathy drove policy decisions about the uprooted in occupied Germany, 1945-1948
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03469NP
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2017
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]PP8-28
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2018 pp8-28
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This article explains the symbiotic processes of labelling the various groups of the uprooted, and the shifting feelings of empathy that occupation authorities experienced for them. The connections between logistics and policy during mass population movements figure in this account, but the author focuses on shortages in housing and employment, to evaluate who was most deserving of assistance