Refugees leaving Germany – as one crisis comes to an end, another one springs up.
– MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection
As the world waited for news that Germany had finally, unconditionally surrendered, news was filtering in of mass surrenders, and how pockets of resistance were only going on in two places. How it was only a matter of hours before the War in Europe would be over.
And then there was news of the other crisis looming – the refugees. Already streaming out of Germany by the hundreds of thousands, refugees were clogging roads and highways throughout Europe. The displaced, the homeless, the survivors of Concentration Camps – they were all heading somewhere, and not exactly sure of where.
Much has been done, and much remains to be done-the mopping up of nazism’s pockets, the feeding of Europe, the demilitarization which includes continued deindustrialization of Germany, the subduing of Japan and the never-ending work of keeping the world’s peace through law and order.
But on this 6th of May in 1945 (a Sunday), last minute bulletins and the holding of breath, and the beginnings of looking back on the conflict during the early days was what the news was about. And of course, the waiting.
And that’s what this day sounded like, May 6th 1945 as reported by Paul Manning by shortwave from Paris.
May 6, 1945 – Europe: The Hazy Light At The End Of The Tunnel
– MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection
As the world waited for news that Germany had finally, unconditionally surrendered, news was filtering in of mass surrenders, and how pockets of resistance were only going on in two places. How it was only a matter of hours before the War in Europe would be over.
And then there was news of the other crisis looming – the refugees. Already streaming out of Germany by the hundreds of thousands, refugees were clogging roads and highways throughout Europe. The displaced, the homeless, the survivors of Concentration Camps – they were all heading somewhere, and not exactly sure of where.
Much has been done, and much remains to be done-the mopping up of nazism’s pockets, the feeding of Europe, the demilitarization which includes continued deindustrialization of Germany, the subduing of Japan and the never-ending work of keeping the world’s peace through law and order.
But on this 6th of May in 1945 (a Sunday), last minute bulletins and the holding of breath, and the beginnings of looking back on the conflict during the early days was what the news was about. And of course, the waiting.
And that’s what this day sounded like, May 6th 1945 as reported by Paul Manning by shortwave from Paris.
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