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

List of contents

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.

About the author

Laure Humbert is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Manchester.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Laure Humbert, Laure (University of Manchester) Humbert, Humbert Laure
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108831352
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83135-2
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; History, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, military history, General & world history, General and world history