Viktor Dzerins, Germany, 1946
Viktor Dzerins in a displaced persons’ camp after the war. Having been occupied by Germany, Latvian soldiers had to prove they weren’t involved in war crimes in order to be classified as a displaced person and join the European Voluntary Workers Scheme. Viktor was able to move to the UK in 1947.
Read more of the Dzerins family story here.
Courtesy of Ingrid Dzerins
Details
- Archive number: Dzerins20250517_0004
- Tags: European Voluntary Workers Scheme, Migration
- Decade: 1940s
- Location: Beyond Bradford
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