Session #83 · 1953–55

Speech #830100509

They find resentment on the part of the Germans and Austrians who have the impossible task of trying to absorb these unfortunates into their own economies. They rarely find either employment or shelter unless they have friends on the outside or unless they have independent means of livelihood. I saw some of the socalled refugee camps in Germany and Austria. camps encircled with barbed wire just like the slavelabor camps of the Soviets. And I know of many cases where these refugees have become so disillusioned with the treatment they have received in the free world that they have voluntarily returned behind the curtain. They preferred the slavery that they knew to the slavery of which they were ignorant. I can scarcely imagine them being very effective propagandists for the cause of freedom and democracy.
Keywords matched
refugee refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Austrians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
ALVIN BENTLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
830100509
Paragraph
#3
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