Marea Britanie şi foametea din Moldova din anii 1946-1947
Great Britain and the famine in Moldova 1946-1947

Summary/Abstract: In the aftermath of the Second World War, Romania, as the whole Europe, was confronted with a serious economic crisis, unemployment and inflation. Some areas, such as Moldova, had to cope with the major destruction caused by the war. Huge quantities of cereals were moved away so that they could not be confiscated by the Soviets and great surfaces of land were mined. Consequently, the population lacked the necessary reserves to cope with the draught that hit the country in the summer of 1946. In the fall of 1946 the signs of the food crisis were obvious; the population migrated from Moldova towards the areas were the agricultural production was in excess. Information about this situation reached other countries and Great Britain was one of the states that sent aid to the people of Moldova. The British government together with different organizations and charity groups sent food and medicines to the Romanian people. The British were very careful with the distribution of the aid and got involved directly in order to make sure that the goods reached the people that were really in need.

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