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This Podcast is from two chapters (JohannesSchwimmbach 1945-1946 and Kempten, Lenzfried) from  Béla Török’sBook In the Mainstream of XX Century – A Living History Part 2 -Refugees in Germany and Migrant Life in new Home in distant Australia.”

"Refugee Life: Germany to Australia" offers a personalaccount of post-World War II Hungarian refugees inGermany. It details the challenges of daily life, including obtaining food and housing, and the difficultdecisions families faced regarding repatriation versus emigration. Thenarrative highlights resourcefulness and resilience in a displaced community, illustrating how individualsbartered goods and navigated complex bureaucratic systems. It also portraysthe emotional toll of displacement, recounting the health struggles of children and the profounduncertainty about the future. Finally, the text touches upon the politicallandscape of the era, referencing the Nurembergtrials and the prevailing anti-Hungarian sentiment in their homeland.