Kalte Heimat

Not Welcome. The Displaced After 1945 in Germany. With this book, Andreas Kossert breaks a taboo: he shakes the myth of the completely successful integration of the displaced after 1945. For the first time, we receive a realistic picture of the difficult living conditions of people in the economic miracle. In his book, Kossert impressively describes the experiences of those who were uprooted by the war and suffered immense losses, and he questions the material and emotional consequences for the displaced and their descendants. After World War II, more than 14 million people fled from the German eastern territories, the vast majority to the western occupation zones. Those who survived flight and expulsion felt not welcomed by their German compatriots, but rather marginalized.