"Plight of Ukrainian DPs: a few typical letters of many being received daily from Europe describing the tragic plight of Ukrainian displaced persons whom the Soviets would forcibly repatriate and doom to enslavement, persecution or death."

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Edité par Published in NYC by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, 1945

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"Plight of Ukrainian DPs: a few typical letters of many being received daily from Europe describing the tragic plight of Ukrainian displaced persons whom the Soviets would forcibly repatriate and doom to enslavement, persecution or death." Published in NYC by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, 1945 (according to WorldCat). [++] WorldCat finds 11 copies of this work in libraries worldwide.[++] 8.5x5.5", 31pp. VERY GOOD copy. There is a repair made with Japanese tissue adhesive on the front wrapper top right. [++] Provenance: Library of Congress, with their small stamp ("Pamphlet Collections") on the front cover and a transfer stamp on the rear of the title page (dated January 31 1946). [++] This pamphlet--published not after 31 January 1946 and probably published at the end of 1945 as stated by WorldCat), with the latest letter in the text being September 25, 1945--describes the plight of Ukrainian "DPs" at the end of WWII. "Plight" is a very weak word for their situation, as is the term designated them, "DP" or "displaced person". These people--several million of them--had been slave laborers, taken by the Nazis in the advance through Central Europe, and sent to work in German factories and fields. Many were theoretically and semi-practically paid a wage, though in general much of that went to providing themselves food and clothing and such that enabled them to work. These people were known as Ostarbeiter (Eastern Laborer), and at the end of the war, many were repatriated to their country of origin. Of the 3-5 million Ostarbeiter, about 2.5 remained alive at war's end, with the vast majority--over 2 million--being from the Ukraine. This pamphlet details some of the terrible accounts of Ukrainians being repatriated to the Soviet Union and being treated as plagued outsiders, criminals, and worse, some simply executed, while hundreds of thousands of others were sent on for "re-education", with many winding up in the Gulags. It was a terrible position to be in--the slave returned home after the war to be treated as a criminal, and slave again. The conditions for repatriation to the Soviet Union were so bad that by October 1945 General Eisenhower forbade this action in the U.S. Occupied Zones. [++] WITH: "Text of Appeal Telegraphed to President Truman and Secretary Byrnes on Behalf of Ukrainian Dps.", being a leaflet, 9"x6", folded, and laid into the text. This is also no later than 31 January 1946 and probably late 194 as indicated by WorldCat. NOTE: I have another copy of this for sale on ABE--a GOOD copy, not quite as nice as this.

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• Titre: "Plight of Ukrainian DPs: a few typical letters of many being received daily from Europe describing the tragic plight of Ukrainian displaced persons whom the Soviets would forcibly repatriate and doom to enslavement, persecution or death."
• Éditeur: Published in NYC by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
• Date de parution: 1945
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 13 onces
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Social History
  • WWII