Malnutrition and Starvation in Western Netherlands—September 1944 to July 1945, Editorial Committee:
The history of malnutrition and starvation in Holland during World War II is told in vivid manner in this 2-volume report. What can happen to a normally well-fed population under the conditions of ruthless control of Nazi occupation and the lessons learned in the relief of the resulting starvation are described in well-documented detail. The early chapters review the deterioration of health and the food situation during occupation. The depletion of farm produce and the large exports to Germany brought Holland to a state of starvation which became most severe in the Western areas in the winter of 1944-45, when the Allied forces were fighting their way up from Southern Holland, just before liberation.
