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In the Children's Best Interests - Unaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952 (Paperback)
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In the Children's Best Interests - Unaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952 (Paperback)
Series: German and European Studies
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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.
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