This collection contains Gregor Sebba’s research materials dating from 1951-1952 on displaced persons in Georgia after World War II. Displaced persons were individuals or families who were persecuted by Nazi governments during World War II and were unwilling or unable to return to their pre-war homes. The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 passed by the United States allowed for admission of limited numbers of displaced persons to enter the U.S. for permanent residence. Sebba’s research focused on the 1,252 displaced persons that were settled in Georgia.

The papers include correspondence; minutes of the Georgia Displaced Persons Committee; case histories, surveys, and interviews regarding displaced persons who settled on Georgia farms; printed material on displaced persons, emigration, social integration, U.S. policies on displaced persons; and surveys on displaced persons in other states. Correspondents include Tom Linder, J.C. Horton, the Lutheran Resettlement Service in New York, the Atlanta Federation for Jewish Social Service, and the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Also included are 11 Sound Scriber stenographer records with interviews with displaced persons, and government publications from Sebba’s personal collection.