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Author Humbert, Laure, 1985- author.

Title Reinventing French aid : the politics of humanitarian relief in French-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 / Laure Humbert
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 357 pages) : illustrations
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
Summary "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 group of Displaced Persons (DPs), who remained in the territory of the French occupation zone prior to their repatriation or emigration to a third country. By rendering relief workers and DPs visible, it sheds lights on their role in shaping relief practices and addresses the neglected issue of the gendering of rehabilitation. In doing so, it highlights different cultures of rehabilitation, in part rooted in pre-war ideas about 'overcoming' poverty and war-induced injuries. Crucially, it unearths the active and bottom-up nature of the restoration of France's prestige. Not only were relief workers concerned about the image of France circulating in DP camps, but they also drew DP artists into the orbit of French cultural diplomacy in Germany"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2021)
Subject 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
Civilian war relief
Diplomatic relations
Humanitarian assistance
International relief
Refugee camps
Refugees
Refugees -- Government policy
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- Germany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051253
Germany -- Foreign relations -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054523
Subject France
Germany
Germany (West)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021002779
ISBN 9781108916981
1108916988
1108912257
9781108912259