Reinventing French Aid: The Politics of Humanitarian Relief in French-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952

ISBN-13: 9781108831352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 350 str.

Laure Humbert

Opis

An original insight into how occupation officials and relief workers controlled and cared for Displaced Persons in the French zone.

Recenzje

'In this deeply researched book, de Zwarte offers a new understanding of famine causation, deconstructing myths surrounding the Dutch hunger winter. It is a much-needed corrective to the literature of the Nazi occupation.' Saskia Coenen Snyder, Journal of Modern History

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Politics of Relief: 1. The Politics of Immigration: Unwanted Wartime Collaborators or Ideal White Settlers?; 2. In the Shadow of Nazi Occupation: Making and Overseeing DP Camps; 3. The Politics of Neutrality: Repatriating and Screening DPs in the Early Cold War; Part II. Reconstructing the Body, Rehabilitating the Mind: 4. The 'Broken' DP: 'Remaking' the Minds and Bodies of Refugees; 5. 'Rehabilitation' through Work? Vocational Training and DP Employment; 6. Transforming DPs into French Citizens? The Resettlement of DPs in France; Conclusion.