Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe Displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe were camps established after World War II in Germany, Austria, and Italy, primarily for refugees from Eastern Europe and for the former inmates of the Nazi German concentration camps. A "displaced persons camp" is a temporary facility for displaced persons, whether refugees or internally displaced persons. Two years after the end of World War II in Europe, some 850,000 people lived in DP camps across Europe, among them Armenians, Poles, Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Yugoslavs, Jews, Greeks, Russians, Ukrainians and Czechoslovaks. At the end of
Emigration from Poland to Germany after World War II after the fall of communism in 1989.<ref name= "Polska Diaspora_pp248/9"></ref> After World War II over 2.5 million Polish citizens emigrated to West Germany, most exchanging Polish citizenship for German. However, more than 300,000 people have dual Polish and German citizenship. Although nearly all who emigrated from Poland in their teens or older are still Polish speakers, their children usually speak German only. The number of former Polish citizens and those with dual citizenship living in Germany are estimated at two million. Emigration from Poland to Germany after World War II As a result of World War II, Poland's borders were