Commission for Relief in Belgium

The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an independent, international organization, sponsored by neutral governments and with the guarantees and assurances of the belligerents to alleviate the suffering of German-occupied Belgium in the First World War (1914-1918). Headed by Herbert Hoover, the CRB, as an independent initiative, represented the first attempt in the modern period to address the problem of civilian relief during war.