TY - BOOK ID - 113055958 TI - Reinventing French aid : the politics of humanitarian relief in French-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 PY - 2021 SN - 9781108916981 9781108831352 9781108932776 1108912257 1108916988 1108924573 1108831354 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Refugee camps KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - International relief KW - Refugees KW - Grants-in-aid, International KW - International grants-in-aid KW - Relief, International KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Charities KW - Economic assistance KW - Public welfare KW - Humanitarian aid KW - European War, 1939-1945 KW - Second World War, 1939-1945 KW - World War 2, 1939-1945 KW - World War II, 1939-1945 KW - World War Two, 1939-1945 KW - WW II (World War, 1939-1945) KW - WWII (World War, 1939-1945) KW - History, Modern KW - Civilian relief KW - History KW - Government policy KW - France KW - Germany KW - Foreign relations KW - Displaced persons KW - Persons KW - Camps, Refugee KW - Displaced persons camps KW - Housing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:113055958 AB - Laure Humbert explores how humanitarian aid in occupied Germany was influenced by French politics of national recovery and Cold War rivalries. She examines the everyday encounters between French officials, members of new international organizations, relief workers, defeated Germans and Displaced Persons, who remained in the territory of the French zone prior to their repatriation or emigration. By rendering relief workers and Displaced Persons visible, she sheds lights on their role in shaping relief practices and addresses the neglected issue of the gendering of rehabilitation. In doing so, Humbert highlights different cultures of rehabilitation, in part rooted in pre-war ideas about 'overcoming' poverty and war-induced injuries and, crucially, she 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. ER -