Doctors of Humanity: American Assistance to Czechoslovakia After World War One – Panel 1

In connection with the centenary of Czechoslovakia and the establishment of modernday Czech-American relations, it is worth remembering the humanitarian and development aid the US provided to the newly established Czechoslovak state in its first years of existence. PROGRAMME: Welcome reception at the Library: Michael Žantovský. Introduction: Stephen B. King, the US Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Panel 1: “The Great Rescue Work”: Hoover’s Food Aid for Europe and Czechoslovakia. Panellists: Bertrand Patenaude (Hoover Institution – Stanford University), Halina Parafianowicz (Institute for History and Political Sciences at the University of Białystok), moderator: Michael Žantovský