"Liberation Complex"

Chapter XXX: Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Wake of Battle
Refugees
Implicit in the planning for care and control of displaced persons was the assumption that the individuals would be tractable, grateful and powerless, after their domination from two to five years as the objects of German slave policies. They were none of these things. Their intractability took the form of what was referred to repeatedly by officers in contact with them as "Liberation Complex." This involved revenge, hunger, and exultation, which three qualities combined to make displaced persons, when newly liberated, a problem as to behavior and conduct, as well as for care, feeding, disinfectation, registration, and repatriation. During the combat phase, this problem assumed critical proportions at times.