About this episode

Philipp Strobl interviews historian Anna Holian about Displaced Persons in postwar Europe and their integration challenges.

In this episode Philipp Strobl talks to the historian Anna Holian about her research on Displaced Persons in postwar Europe. They discuss how competing political systems shaped DP communities in occupied Germany, her project Setting Up Shop in the House of the Hangman on Jewish economic life after the Holocaust, and her work on postwar European cinema, including The Search and Europe’s War Children. The conversation also explores the role of cities like Munich in DP integration and the challenges of reconstructing everyday life from fragmented archives.

People in this episode

Host: Philipp Strobl

Guest: Anna Holian

Topics covered

• Displaced Persons
• Jewish Recovery
• Postwar Europe
• Political Systems
• Economic Life
• Cinema
• Integration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Setting Up Shop in the House of the Hangman

Books & works: The Search, Europe’s War Children

Places: Munich, Germany

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