1985. During and after world war ii. It describes the movements of millions of people among shifting of orders and general chaos the chaos of that war and its aftermath. It describes a light at the street level and politics in the highest region of government. Millions of people were displaced by world war ii. Most known were those sent to concentration camps they were already migrant laborers, sports laborers, collaborators, political prisoners, and pows. When the war ended many if not most displaced persons return home. Yet as the title suggests, a million did not. This book tells the story of their search for a new home. So david, thanks for joining us. And to kick it off i have a simple question. Which is how did you come to the story . How did you see the last and million as a singular story to be told . Speech i think it had a lot to do with tony juts externally book postwar. And i have learned not to take the common sense view of historical events as necessarily truthful. Someti
Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
The last million. Europes displaced persons from world war to the cold war. Im joel rosenthal, Prime Minister of Carnegie Council for ethics and international affairs. For those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. His biography of Andrew Carnegie published in 2006 was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, weve come to know Andrew Carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and theres one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the Carnegie Council, and that is the as david would put it cashtys carnegies cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a cando spirit is, indeed, possible. That idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. In addition to the carnegie biography, davids previous books include prizewinning biographies of joseph p. Kennedy and William Randolph hearst.
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