[The creation of Secours Dentaire International at the end of World War II]

During the liberation of the camps, a large numbers of prisoners died after being fed too quickly. They died in the thousands, and the Americans and British were, at first, totally confused and overwhelmed by what happened in front of their eyes. They fed the survivors, in excessive amounts, in good faith, without thinking for a moment that dramatic consequences would result from the fact that this could not be tolerated by their weakened bodies. Seeing the consequences, they changed their minds and set up field hospitals whose mission was to heal and feed the patients in progressive stages.