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
Japanese-American life after World War II considered the legitimate representative of the collectivity. The claimants also had access to very influential, high-level governmental insiders." "Matsunaga and Inouye were also WWII veterans. This allowed them to act as insider advocates. Inouye was also a very visible victim of violation of physical integrity, as he had lost part of his right arm in battle. The visibility of his injury became a condensation point in the struggle for reparations." The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was an official apology made to Japanese Americans in 1988 by Congress. Financial Settlements Japanese-American life after World War II On February 19, 1942,