Voting with their Feet: the (attempted) return of Polish displaced children to occupied Germany
Journal: Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham)
Year: 2025

In November 1946, after repatriating to Poland and reuniting with his parents, Władysław B. made the perilous journey back to US-occupied Germany; claiming his parents were dead, he sought emigration for a better future. Displaced Persons (DPs) returning to centres was not uncommon, many wanted to change their futures by re-entering the camps and vied for a chance to resettle abroad. Employing Gatrell's concept of 'refugeedom' to understand the mechanisms which drove refugee agency in the postwa