Verband Der Heimkehrer Deutschlands

VdH, short for: Verband der Heimkehrer, Kriegsgefangenen und Vermisstenangehörigen Deutschlands was founded in 1950. The german Heimkehrerverband (VdH) represented the interests of German and Austrian former prisoners of war of the Second World War, returnees, late returnees and their relatives. The VdH drew attention to the soldiers and displaced persons who were still in captivity at the time and supported the returnees and late returnees in their reintegration into society, advocating peace and freedom. The VdH drew attention to the unimaginable need, misery and despair of the partially uprooted and traumatized returnees. Many former prisoners died just a few years after their return from the physical and psychological consequences of the war.