Between relief and politics: Refugee humanitarianism in occupied Germany 1945-1946

Journal of Contemporary History

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-449

  Cohen, G Daniel ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displaced persons; Humanitarianism; Postwar Germany; Refugees; UNRRA; Zionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749139969     PISSN: 00220094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022009408091834     Document Type: Review

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