The years immediately after the end of the Second World War saw the largest refugee crisis in Europe. Millions of people were displaced by the effects of the war and post-war border changes. This film shows Displaced Persons being sprayed with de-lousing powder at a DP centre in Osnabrűck, Germany. Keeping disease and infection at bay was a major task in DP camps.
This clip is taken from the Imperial War Museum's new online exhibition - 'Through My Eyes: Stories of conflict, belonging and identity.' The site can be accessed on www.throughmyeyes.org.uk. Read this and other stories in full (Film copyright of IWM Ref: A70_302-7, all rights reserved).
