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Recovering from WWII

Recovering from WWII. International Responsibility. The Geneva Convention, 1949: Wartime Responsibilities. Formal treaty among nation states adopted after WWII Governs appropriate behavior and treatment of prisoners during a time of war

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Recovering from WWII

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  1. Recovering from WWII International Responsibility

  2. The Geneva Convention, 1949: Wartime Responsibilities • Formal treaty among nation states adopted after WWII • Governs appropriate behavior and treatment of prisoners during a time of war • The Geneva Convention applies to parties involved in an armed conflict at specifies that they should at the least abide by the following provisions:

  3. The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever: • (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture • (b) Taking of hostages • (c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment

  4. (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples • The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for

  5. Impact of WWII on Europe • Due to length of war and the effects of aerial bombing, many major cities, industrial centers, and transportation infrastructure in Europe lay in ruins • Millions were homeless • Devastation of agriculture led to near-starvation conditions in many areas • Although smaller towns and villages were not as damaged by aerial bombing the destruction of transportation left them economically isolated, escalating poverty • Moreover, most countries had exhausted their treasuries during WWII making economic recovery difficult

  6. Warsaw, Poland Post WWII

  7. London, Britain

  8. Berlin, Germany

  9. The Marshall Plan, 1947: Economic Responsibility

  10. DO NOW: • In your journal under the date 4/5 please respond to the following prompt: • Define the term responsibility in your own words. Then explain (2-3 sentences) whether you think the international community - the countries of the world as a whole - have a responsibility to help Europe recover from the devastating impact of WWII. I.e. why should other countries should help Europe recover?

  11. Details of the Marshall Plan? • What was the Marshall Plan, aka European Recovery Plan (ERP) • Large-scale economic recovery program • Who was it aimed at? • European nations • What did it do? • Provide $ to European nations to help fund their own determined economic programs • This included helping find the economic recovery of Germany which was prior to WWII (and today) the strongest industrial nation in Europe • Germany = linchpin to European recovery • Controversies • Soviet Union (and their allies and/ or controlled areas) denied aid • American public was not directly informed of this plan

  12. In your groups (20 minutes): • Read aloud as a group the sections from the Marshall Plan • As a group define and/ or paraphrase the underlined terms and phrases • As a group, respond to the questions • When we reconvene as a class I will randomly select people from each group to read their section of the document and respond to the questions • GROUP WORK REMINDER • If you wish to receive a passing grade – do not wish – rather participate with your group. Stay with your table. Take turns reading. Discuss. Help answer the questions. Don’t be a parasite.

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