Reinventing French aid : the politics of humanitarian relief in French-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 /

This book explores how humanitarian aid was influenced by French politics of national recovery and the rivalries of the Cold War. It examines the complicated everyday encounters between French officials, members of new international organizations, relief workers, defeated Germans and the sizeable gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Humbert, Laure, 1985- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021] ©2021.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Civilian relief > Germany (West) Refugees > Government policy > France > History > 20th century. International relief > Germany (West) Humanitarian assistance > Germany (West) World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Germany (West) Refugee camps > Germany (West) > History > 20th century. France > Foreign relations > Germany. Germany > Foreign relations > France.

Table of Contents:

The politics of relief
The politics of immigration : unwanted wartime collaborators or ideal white settlers?
In the shadow of Nazi occupation : making and overseeing DP camps
The politics of neutrality : repatriating and screening DPs in the early Cold War
Reconstructing the body, rehabilitating the mind?
The "broken" DP : "remaking" the minds of refugees
"Rehabilitation" through work? Vocational training and DP employment
Transforming DPs into French citizens? The resettlement of DPs in France.