Lunchbox Lecture: Resisting Repatriation: Redefining National Belonging in Ukrainian Displaced Persons Camps, 1945-1951

This presentation will examine the ways in which Ukrainian DPs resisted involuntary and voluntary repatriation and will explore how the process challenged postwar resettlement policies, altered international definitions of citizenship and refugeedom, and redefined Ukrainian national belonging.

By Jennifer Popowycz, Leventhal Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of War and Democracy
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 11:00 a.m.

Following the conclusion of World War II, an estimated 200,000225,000 Ukrainian displaced persons (DPs) refused to return home despite considerable pressure by occupation forces, national governments, and international agencies. This presentation will examine the ways in which Ukrainian DPs resisted involuntary and voluntary repatriation and will explore how the process challenged postwar resettlement policies, altered international definitions of citizenship and refugeedom, and redefined Ukrainian national belonging.