Ghita Shwartz's Displaced Persons
Displaced Persons by Ghita Shwartz is a novel based around the post-war life of Pavel Mendl. Pavel is a Polish Jew who was liberated from a concentration camp after World War II. This book tells the story of how he started off with nothing except a few rations from American soldiers. He meets a few other people who are just like him, they are all “Displaced Persons”. The definition of a displaced person is someone who is forced to leave their home country because of war, in this case.
In May 1945, Pavel lands near a displaced persons camp in the British occupation zone of newly defeated Germany. Alone, possessing nothing but a map, a few tins of food, a toothbrush, and his identity papers, he must create a new life from a community of
In May 1945, Pavel lands near a displaced persons camp in the British occupation zone of newly defeated Germany. Alone, possessing nothing but a map, a few tins of food, a toothbrush, and his identity papers, he must create a new life from a community of