When the lights went on again in 1945, two areas of humanity remained plunged in darkness: the Jews who had survived the concentration camps and the SS men had run them.
After living through the horrors of the war, the Jews of Central Europe suddenly discovered that they were now displaced persons(DPs) nationals of Limbo, "without flag, without votes, without roots". As their camps spread across Europe, the DPs only hope of sanctuary lay in the national home.