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 2nd Balzan Workshop
Relief and Rehabilitation in the immediate Aftermath of War
16 June 2006, Birkbeck College, London
As the Second World War drew to a close, Europe was marked by widespread destruction and the dislocation of many of its inhabitants. The problem of public health and welfare confronted those who had to establish a measure of order and administration on the war-ridden continent. Emergency relief operations provided populations with food, fuel, medicines, building materials, personnel and other living essentials.
This workshop will bring into focus the problem of relief work in the immediate aftermath of war. It will document the extent to which relief work was seen as a first step in the longer-term rehabilitation of war-torn Europe. It will also assess the ways in which relief work was from the start shaped by a number of at times conflicting premises, which helped to identify, define and justify different categories of people and populations in need of assistance. Overall, the workshop will shed light on the complexities of post-war relief efforts. It will examine the political premises and conflicting demands that shaped relief work during the war and immediate post-war years, and evaluate results and consequences.
Poster
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Workshop report
Special Issue of JCH
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