American Reception of Displaced Persons, 1949-1955

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The paper will look at the immediate postwar emigration to America. It will follow the process of displacement with replacement, that is, Americanizing the DP. The paper will discuss the American interest in the DP in the early 50s. This will include authors like Kurt Vonnegut and Flannery O’Connor, and television programs like “This is Your Life.” It will place Hungarian DPs in a broader DP population.


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