Book contents
- Reinventing French Aid
- Reinventing French Aid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Politics of Relief
- 1 The Politics of Immigration
- 2 In the Shadow of Nazi Occupation
- 3 The Politics of Neutrality
- Part II Reconstructing the Body, Rehabilitating the Mind?
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Politics of Neutrality
Repatriating and Screening DPs in the Early Cold War
from Part I - The Politics of Relief
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2021
- Reinventing French Aid
- Reinventing French Aid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Politics of Relief
- 1 The Politics of Immigration
- 2 In the Shadow of Nazi Occupation
- 3 The Politics of Neutrality
- Part II Reconstructing the Body, Rehabilitating the Mind?
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the politically charged meanings and contested readings of repatriation and screening in the French zone, challenging historical presumptions about French insensitivity and ‘pro-Soviet’ policies, supposedly exemplified by the handing over of Baltic and Ukrainian DPs in the autumn of 1945. It demonstrates that French positions changed in Paris (and in the zone) before the adoption of the UN landmark resolution of 12 February 1946, which officially recognized all DPs’ right to asylum. In doing so, it illuminates the vicissitudes of repatriation, repatriation incentives being highly contingent on changing international circumstances, institutional rivalries and local realities. While the chapter recognises the importance of diplomats and national politicians in formulating repatriation policies, it also reveals how repatriation and screening crucially depended on how French administrators re-interpreted and implemented these instructions in the zone.
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- Reinventing French AidThe Politics of Humanitarian Relief in French-Occupied Germany, 1945–1952, pp. 137 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021