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They escaped death, but became wanderers, displaced persons, DPs. In the camps for displaced persons, they built Ukraine in miniature. Stateless people with a homeland did not seek to assimilate into the post-war world. They preserved Ukraine and multiplied it - despite the despair and uncertainty, cultural and political life was vibrant in the camps. In this way, former camp residents and their descendants were able to preserve and pass on the baton of historical continuity to the generations of independent Ukraine and contribute to the formation of our identity.
In the new issue of Local History, we tell you about Planet DP:
- How did the islands of the Ukrainian diaspora save mainland Ukraine? In a conversation with Oksana Zabuzhko
- This is how European Ukrainian literature grew up: work processes, scandals and demarches of the Artistic Ukrainian Movement (MUR)
- What did you remember about the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Plast on Planet DP?
- The story of Ivan Buchko, the only Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop in Europe who escaped persecution and saved the divisional soldiers from death
- The 1948 DP Olympics: how a sports team under the blue and yellow flag first competed in international competitions