Abstract
This article explores the relationship between Displaced Persons (DPs) and Germans in the postwar decade, focusing mostly on Ukrainian DPs. It shows how their almost complete separation from the German population led to well developed parallel societies, which were mutually approved for some time, and analyses the dissimilar motives of DPs and Germans for separation. As a consequence of mass resettlement, it is argued, the national microcosms lost their positive features while the hostile attitude of the outside world persisted. The missing revision in the segregation of foreigners from German society after the downfall of National Socialism is recognized as a burden on their future treatment in the FRG.
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