{"id":509,"date":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=509"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T22:08:29","slug":"peace-in-europe-episode-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"Peace in Europe? Episode 102"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fighting has ended in Europe\u2014but with millions of displaced people surging in all directions across Europe, it cannot be called peace. While millions of POWs look forward to going home, forced labourers and people of eastern Europe know they have no home to return to. And try to escape the communist yoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of World War 2, the world was not going back to what it had been before 1939. The Allied victors of the biggest, broadest, most destructive and bloody war in history now had to build a post-war world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ausha wp-block-embed-ausha\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Peace in Europe? Episode 102\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"420px\" width=\"500px\" src=\"https:\/\/player.ausha.co\/?showId=ve8qqhk8RJd1&amp;color=%231B7551&amp;display=horizontal&amp;multishow=true&amp;playlist=true&amp;dark=false&amp;t=0&amp;podcastId=jMv60c67VWwm&amp;v=3&amp;playerId=ausha-8VrY#?secret=jI6Hc17D7O\" data-secret=\"jI6Hc17D7O\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smartlink.ausha.co\/beyond-barbarossa-the-eastern-front-of-world-war-2\">Audio version<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Video version\u00a0(patrons access)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>40 million people were homeless. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the UK, 30 % of homes were damaged or destroyed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In France, the Netherlands and Belgium, 20% of homes damaged or destroyed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Germany, 45% of all dwellings destroyed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Poland, 30% of all buildings and 60% of all schools were destroyed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ukraine suffered more damage in the Second World War than any other country:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>700 cities and towns fully or partially destroyed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28,000 villages damaged or destroyed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16,000 villages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28,000 collective farms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Allies had to accommodate displaced persons and prisoners of war in former German prison and concentration camps. While Western Allies struggled to feed, house and return POWs to their homes, the USSR sent forced labourers and captured Red Army soldiers to Gulags and labour camps in Siberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BerlinStreet.jpeg?resize=474%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Street in Berlin 1945 showing bombed buildings and rubble strewn on street.\" class=\"wp-image-531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BerlinStreet.jpeg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BerlinStreet.jpeg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BerlinStreet.jpeg?resize=350%2C230&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A rubble-strewn street  in Berlin in May 1945.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" data-id=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?resize=850%2C570&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/scorched-earth-policy-3199591128.jpeg?resize=600%2C402&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Destroyed farm in eastern Europe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" data-id=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GersDestroyUkrHouse1941.png?resize=640%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GersDestroyUkrHouse1941.png?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GersDestroyUkrHouse1941.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GersDestroyUkrHouse1941.png?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The wehrmacht destroyed more farms in Eastern Europe than did the retreating Red Army.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Displaced persons on the move across Europe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" data-id=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MigrationDPs.jpeg?resize=474%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MigrationDPs.jpeg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MigrationDPs.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200-u-s-soldiers-escape-from-pow-camp-at-limburg-germany-741x604-2001819223.jpeg?resize=640%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200-u-s-soldiers-escape-from-pow-camp-at-limburg-germany-741x604-2001819223.jpeg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200-u-s-soldiers-escape-from-pow-camp-at-limburg-germany-741x604-2001819223.jpeg?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1200-u-s-soldiers-escape-from-pow-camp-at-limburg-germany-741x604-2001819223.jpeg?resize=600%2C489&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. soldiers liberated  from POW camps, Limburg, German<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" data-id=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945.jpeg?resize=640%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C788&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1182&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1576&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=850%2C654&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C462&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GermanPOWcampGermany1945-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">German POW camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" data-id=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=640%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=850%2C548&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?resize=600%2C387&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/59547_ca_object_representations_media_4935_frontend-1840225595.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Camp for displaced persons from USSR near Munich 1945\/46.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" data-id=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/picDPDP_Camp_Burgdorf_Ukrainian_Liturgy_1946-2836892710.jpeg?resize=640%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/picDPDP_Camp_Burgdorf_Ukrainian_Liturgy_1946-2836892710.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/picDPDP_Camp_Burgdorf_Ukrainian_Liturgy_1946-2836892710.jpeg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/picDPDP_Camp_Burgdorf_Ukrainian_Liturgy_1946-2836892710.jpeg?resize=600%2C306&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A mass at a camp for Ukrainian DPs in Burgdorf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rubble women in Berlin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"310\" data-id=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen1.jpeg?resize=474%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen1.jpeg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen1.jpeg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen1.jpeg?resize=350%2C230&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=850%2C478&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RubbleWomen2.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" data-id=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trummerfrau-1-cover-665896879.jpeg?resize=640%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trummerfrau-1-cover-665896879.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trummerfrau-1-cover-665896879.jpeg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trummerfrau-1-cover-665896879.jpeg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/trummerfrau-1-cover-665896879.jpeg?resize=600%2C314&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anne Applebaum,<em> Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956. <\/em>Toronto: McClelland &amp; Stewart, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Beevor, <em>The Fall of Berlin 1945<\/em>. New York: Viking, 2002.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Beevor, <em>The Second World War<\/em>. New York, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harald J\u00e4hner, <em>Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955<\/em> New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evan Mawdsley, <em>Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War 1941\u20131945<\/em>. London: Bloomsbury. 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orest Subtlety, <em>Ukraine: A History<\/em>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fighting has ended in Europe\u2014but with millions of displaced people surging in all directions across Europe, it cannot be called peace. While millions of POWs look forward to going home, forced labourers and people of eastern Europe know they have no home to return to. 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