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

ISBN-13: 9781108932776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Laure Humbert

Opis

Laure Humbert explores how humanitarian aid was influenced by French politics of national recovery and the rivalries of the Cold War. She highlights different cultures of rehabilitation in the French zone of occupied Germany, in part rooted in pre-war ideas about 'overcoming' poverty and war-induced injuries in the domestic context.

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.