During the Displacement

This contribution focuses on the temporary period during which deported people are not yet deported and they are no more citizens: in a word, they are just migrants. It attempts to respond to some essential questions using epigraphic and iconographical sources. What are the sources to investigate this crucial period? How many people have been forced to leave their country? On what basis were people chosen who would have left, and could there be exceptions (state of health, age limits)? What were both their psychological and physical conditions during the displacement? How many deportees died?