At the end of the Second World War, some 12 million German refugees and expellees left their homelands to return to what remained of the former Reich. The task of integrating the dispossessed in post-war Germany was one of the most daunting challenges facing the Allied occupying authorities after 1945. This book is the first study in English of the economic, social, and political integration of the German refugees and expellees in post-war Germany. It is based on extensive research and incorporates the findings of numerous local and regional studies. The key aspect of post-war German history will be of particular interest to undergraduates of history, politics, and Germany.