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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Taylor, Lynne (1958-....)
Titre(s) : In the children's best interests [Texte imprimé] : unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 / Lynne Taylor
Publication : Toronto (Canada) : University of Toronto Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (467 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : German and European studies ; 27
Lien à la collection : German and European studies
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 441-447. Index
"Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World
War II, approximately 40,000 were unaccompanied children. These children, of every
age and nationality, were without parents or legal guardians and many were without
clear identities. This situation posed serious practical, legal, ethical, and political
problems for the agencies responsible for their care. In the Children's Best Interests,
by Lynne Taylor, is the first work to delve deeply into the records of the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the International Refugee
Organization (IRO) and reveal the heated battles that erupted amongst the various
entities (military, governments, and NGOs) responsible for their care and disposition.
The bitter debates focused on such issues as whether a child could be adopted, what
to do with illegitimate and abandoned children, and who could assume the role of guardian.
The inconclusive nationality of these children meant they became pawns in the battle
between East and West during the Cold War. Taylor's exploration and insight into the
debates around national identity and the privilege of citizenship challenges our understanding
of nationality in the postwar period."
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Secours aux civils -- Allemagne
Protection de la jeunesse -- Allemagne (ouest) -- 1945-1970
Enfants abandonnés -- Allemagne (ouest) -- 1945-1970
Organisation internationale pour les réfugiés
United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration
Indice(s) Dewey : 943.087 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Allemagne - 1945-1990
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1487502354 (erroné). - ISBN 9781487502355 (erroné). - ISBN 1487521944 (erroné). - ISBN 9781487521943 (br.). - ISBN 9781487515157 (erroné). - ISBN 1487515154 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46813097t
Notice n° :
FRBNF46813097
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Table des matières : Introduction ; UNRRA gets started ; Unaccompanied children ; Child search launched ; Legal complications ; The infiltrees ; Obstacle: The Landesjugendamt ; Obstacle: the ACA directive ; Child search under the IRO ; The residual ; Nationality ; Conclusion