Modern Wars and the Civilian Experience

September 17, 2005 3:43 PM

What is the difference between refugees and expelled persons? Refugees leave home and land for fear of what would happen to them, or they were driven out. Expellees are told to leave their home country, often immediately. Their added and deep trauma is broken trust
"Modern Wars and the Civilian Experience as shown in my experience in World War II", by Greta Zybon
posted by PenguinBukkake (2 comments total)

Neat.

For a highly enjoyable novel about a German refugee on the run from the Nazis in the early days of WWII I recommend Erich Remarque's (of All Quiet on the Western Front) novel A Night in Lisbon. Although fictional, he was also a German refugee and encapsulated the refugee life well in this short and easy to read novel.
posted by stbalbach at 4:47 PM on September 17, 2005

An unfortunately rambling and disorganized memoir. But that is a neat quote.
posted by dhartung at 10:30 PM on September 17, 2005