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The Committee for Relief in Belgium in Lille, France, a local group

The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB, or simply Belgian Relief) was an international, predominantly American, organization that arranged for the supply of food to German-occupied Belgium and northern France during the First World War.

Its leading figure was chairman, and future President of the United States, Herbert Hoover.

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Commission for Relief in Belgium

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The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB, or simply Belgian Relief) was an international, predominantly American, organization that arranged for the...

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Belgium in World War I

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ambassador online Charlotte Kellogg, Commission for Relief in Belgium, Women of Belgium turning tragedy to triumph (1917) 'Belgian Neutrality and its Reinterpretation...

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American Relief Administration

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already gained useful experience by running the Commission for Relief in Belgium which fed seven million Belgians and two million northern French during World...

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Halifax Explosion

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with the unladen Imo, chartered by the Commission for Relief in Belgium to pick up a cargo of relief supplies in New York. On the Mont-Blanc, the impact...

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Herbert Hoover

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mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and...

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CRB

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clinic in the United States Clube de Regatas Brasil, a Brazilian football team Commission for Relief in Belgium Contract Recognition Board, in motor racing...

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Lewis Strauss

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power in the United States. Raised in Richmond, Virginia, Strauss became an assistant to Herbert Hoover as part of the Commission for Relief in Belgium during...

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Belgian American Educational Foundation

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Herbert Hoover organized the Committee for Relief in Belgium (USA) and the Commission for Relief in Belgium (Belgium). After the war, the University Foundation...

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Charlotte Kellogg

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Theater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. In 1916 she traveled to Brussels with Jean and worked for a year with the Commission for Relief in Belgium, at the...

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William Alexander Percy

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During World War I, Percy joined the Commission for Relief in Belgium in November 1916. He served in Belgium as a delegate until the withdrawal of American...

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Margaret Hoover

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Library Association and the Belgian American Educational Foundation. She served on the advisory council of The American Foundation for Equal Rights and GOProud...

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Philanthropy

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importance.: 142–73  The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an international (predominantly American) organization that arranged for the supply of food...

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Princess Henriette of Belgium

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her sister-in-law Queen Elisabeth expressed their appreciation and asked for more support from the American Commission For Relief in Belgium, which had...

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History of Belgium

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engineer Herbert Hoover. It was unprecedented in world history. Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) had the permission of Germany and the Allies...

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Hooverville

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frequently tolerated or ignored out of necessity. FDR's New Deal enacted special relief programs aimed at the homeless under the Federal Transient Service (FTS)...

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Trench art

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civilians in and around the conflict zone, but would also include items made by sweethearts at home. In 1914, the US set up the Commission for Relief in Belgium...

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Commission for Polish Relief

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The Commission for Polish Relief (CPR), also known unofficially as Comporel or the Hoover Commission, was initiated in late 1939 by former US President...

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Juliette Crosby

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while her father was director of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Her Broadway credits included roles in Martinique (1920), The Nest (1922), The...

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Henry Hobbs

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active with the Commission for Relief in Belgium and the American Field Service. When the United States entered the war, he served in the United States...

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UNICEF

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chose Maurice Pate of the Commission for Relief in Belgium to direct the agency and "to think about organizing an action, a fund for the benefit of children...

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American Relief Expedition

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his new found ties to Walter Hines Page, would establish the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Hoover, Herbert (1951). The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years...

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Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War

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the Commission for Polish Relief and, in World War I, headed the Commission for Relief in Belgium) formed the Finnish Relief Fund to donate money to aid...

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Economic history of World War I

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mondiale". National Bank of Belgium Museum. Retrieved 23 November 2013. Johan den Hertog, "The Commission for Relief in Belgium and the Political Diplomatic...

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German occupation of Belgium during World War I

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food and other relief through an American organisation, the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB), which was then distributed within Belgium by the CNSA...

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United States Agency for International Development

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programs provided relief in crises created by war. In 1915, U.S. government assistance through the Commission for Relief in Belgium headed by Herbert...

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University Foundation

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The money for the foundation came from the remaining funds from the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) and the National Committee for Help and Food...

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