Joyce Fetteroll

This is a long shot, but does anyone know (or know someone who knows)
about the relief supplied to civilians after World War II in Europe?
Anyone know of any personal accounts or well researched fictional
accounts of what was received by the families or what the relief
workers delivered?

I volunteered to read a story to the kids in church this Sunday about
relief from service agencies (Red Cross, Quakers, Unitarians and
probably others) delivered to families in Germany after the war. And
there's just something not ringing true about it. It's got medical
supplies "and other supplies for doctors' offices" and canned food
and clothing. And then school supplies. Maybe later as things were
recovering and rebuilding they would have sent such, but it seems
frivolous mixed in with the survival based stuff. But I just don't know.

I've searched the internet all afternoon and I'm only coming up with
vague references to relief for civilians and would love to read
something more immediate and personal to get a feel for it.

Joyce

Three Mommies

Here's a list of what was in a CARE package in 1945 and a short history of
CARE packages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARE_Package

Thanks for asking this. It was really interesting!

Peace,
Jean Elizabeth

http://3mommies.blogspot.com


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Joyce Fetteroll <jfetteroll@...>wrote:

> This is a long shot, but does anyone know (or know someone who knows)
> about the relief supplied to civilians after World War II in Europe?
> Anyone know of any personal accounts or well researched fictional
> accounts of what was received by the families or what the relief
> workers delivered?
>
> I volunteered to read a story to the kids in church this Sunday about
> relief from service agencies (Red Cross, Quakers, Unitarians and
> probably others) delivered to families in Germany after the war. And
> there's just something not ringing true about it. It's got medical
> supplies "and other supplies for doctors' offices" and canned food
> and clothing. And then school supplies. Maybe later as things were
> recovering and rebuilding they would have sent such, but it seems
> frivolous mixed in with the survival based stuff. But I just don't know.
>
> I've searched the internet all afternoon and I'm only coming up with
> vague references to relief for civilians and would love to read
> something more immediate and personal to get a feel for it.
>
> Joyce
>
>


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Kelly Lovejoy

These are limited to the Berlin Airlift---which was pretty phenomenal by any standards.




Are you thinking of *all* of Europe? Or mostly just Germany? 




There's a juvenile fictional account by Kati Fabian: The Berlin Airlift




To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949




The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of The Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour



http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/berlin_airlift/AP35.htm



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
http://www.SchoolsOutSupport.com


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From: Joyce Fetteroll <jfetteroll@...>








This is a long shot, but does anyone know (or know someone who knows)
about the relief supplied to civilians after World War II in Europe?
Anyone know of any personal accounts or well researched fictional
accounts of what was received by the families or what the relief
workers delivered?

I volunteered to read a story to the kids in church this Sunday about
relief from service agencies (Red Cross, Quakers, Unitarians and
probably others) delivered to families in Germany after the war. And
there's just something not ringing true about it. It's got medical
supplies "and other supplies for doctors' offices" and canned food
and clothing. And then school supplies. Maybe later as things were
recovering and rebuilding they would have sent such, but it seems
frivolous mixed in with the survival based stuff. But I just don't know.

I've searched the internet all afternoon and I'm only coming up with
vague references to relief for civilians and would love to read
something more immediate and personal to get a feel for it.

Joyce










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Joyce Fetteroll

On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Kelly Lovejoy wrote:

> Are you thinking of *all* of Europe? Or mostly just Germany?

Well my reworking of the story needs to take place in Germany since
the one I was supposed to tell takes place there. (Some of the
teachers might be using the German aspect of the story.) But I would
think the supplies delivered to civilians all over Europe were pretty
much the same.

I was thinking the details of the Berlin Airlift would have been to
specific to that situation but it turned out to be helpful. Now I've
got a better idea of the whole relief effort.

The contents of the CARE package was helpful too. The specifics
helped me picture it better.

Joyce

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