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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781487515157
035 _a(DE-B1597)498465
035 _a(OCoLC)1054880411
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072 7 _aHIS014000
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082 0 4 _a940.53/161
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aTaylor, Lynne
_eautore
245 1 0 _aIn the Children's Best Interests :
_bUnaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952 /
_cLynne Taylor.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (480 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aGerman and European Studies
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aAmong 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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aAbandoned children
_zGermany (West)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAdoption
_zGermany (West)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xChildren
_zGermany (West).
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xRefugees
_zGermany (West).
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / Germany.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487515157
856 4 2 _3Cover
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