Am 24. Juli 1945 berichtet die Tageszeitung der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands, Deutsche Volkszeitung, über die schwierige Lage der deutschen Flüchtlinge.

In 1953, the Council of Europe publishes a report in which it analyses the problem of refugees and excess population in Europe.

Die ersten Ströme der Zivilbevölkerung setzen mit dem Vorrücken der Roten Armee nach Westen ein. Nach Kriegsende muss Deutschland fast 12 Millionen Flüchtlinge aufnehmen.

On 13 February 1945 in London, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and representatives of the seven European Allied Governments sign an Agreement Concerning the Care and Repatriation of Displaced Persons.

From 9 to 14 April 1951, an international conference is held in Hanover, convened by the League of Red Cross Societies. The conference is attended by representatives from the 17 national societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies, to examine the problem of the 9 million refugees in western Germany and Austria. At the conference, 17 recommendations are adopted to establish solutions that will enable refugees and exiles to build new lives.

Statistics on displaced persons housed in assembly centres in the US, British and French occupation zones in Germany in January 1947.