Posted on Apr 20, 2024
What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
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To understand why, Alex de Waal, a social scientist at Tufts University who specializes in famines, says you need to go back to an episode that sparked modern study of the subject: The moment at the end of World War II when Allied forces liberated the concentration camps that the Nazis had set up to exterminate Jews and kill millions of others.
To understand why, Alex de Waal, a social scientist at Tufts University who specializes in famines, says you need to go back to an episode that sparked modern study of the subject: The moment at the end of World War II when Allied forces liberated the concentration camps that the Nazis had set up to exterminate Jews and kill millions of others.
What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
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This will blow you away if you have never heard of the following:
GENEROSITY OF AMERICANS AFTER WWII
Millions of Americans opened their hearts and wallets to pay for $10 care packages of food to be sent to impoverished and hungry Europeans after WWII. In today’s terms that would be $130. Hundreds of millions were sent to Europe. Some families had perhaps a loaf of bread to eat for a week and those food packages were a godsend.
It was said a German family was in dire need for food when they received their first food package. They were reluctant to open the box because we were their enemy. Eventually they opened the package much to their elation. It was like Christmas.
Care packages were a valuable lifeline and prevented millions from dying due to the lack of food, and systems were in place for families to get the packages on a regular basis. School children received smaller care packages of food on a regular basis at schools. Sometimes girls would get a doll in their package. I can’t imagine the goodwill we created. It speaks volumes of Americans after WWII.
These are some of the items in the care packages. The program is a testament to the generosity of Americans and often influenced how Europeans thought of us.
one pound (450 g) of beef in broth
one pound (450 g) of steak and kidneys
8 ounces (230 g) of liver loaf
8 ounces (230 g) of corned beef
12 ounces (340 g) of luncheon loaf (like Spam)
8 ounces (230 g) of bacon
two pounds (910 g) of margarine
one pound (450 g) of lard
one pound (450 g) of fruit preserves
one pound (450 g) of honey
one pound (450 g) of raisins
one pound (450 g) of chocolate
two pounds (910 g) of sugar
8 ounces (230 g) of powdered eggs
two pounds (910 g) of whole-milk powder
two pounds (910 g) of coffee
GENEROSITY OF AMERICANS AFTER WWII
Millions of Americans opened their hearts and wallets to pay for $10 care packages of food to be sent to impoverished and hungry Europeans after WWII. In today’s terms that would be $130. Hundreds of millions were sent to Europe. Some families had perhaps a loaf of bread to eat for a week and those food packages were a godsend.
It was said a German family was in dire need for food when they received their first food package. They were reluctant to open the box because we were their enemy. Eventually they opened the package much to their elation. It was like Christmas.
Care packages were a valuable lifeline and prevented millions from dying due to the lack of food, and systems were in place for families to get the packages on a regular basis. School children received smaller care packages of food on a regular basis at schools. Sometimes girls would get a doll in their package. I can’t imagine the goodwill we created. It speaks volumes of Americans after WWII.
These are some of the items in the care packages. The program is a testament to the generosity of Americans and often influenced how Europeans thought of us.
one pound (450 g) of beef in broth
one pound (450 g) of steak and kidneys
8 ounces (230 g) of liver loaf
8 ounces (230 g) of corned beef
12 ounces (340 g) of luncheon loaf (like Spam)
8 ounces (230 g) of bacon
two pounds (910 g) of margarine
one pound (450 g) of lard
one pound (450 g) of fruit preserves
one pound (450 g) of honey
one pound (450 g) of raisins
one pound (450 g) of chocolate
two pounds (910 g) of sugar
8 ounces (230 g) of powdered eggs
two pounds (910 g) of whole-milk powder
two pounds (910 g) of coffee
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