In the children's best interests : unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 /...
In the children's best interests : unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 /...
In the children's best interests : unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 / Lynne Taylor.
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Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2020/1030
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Language
English
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Physical content
467 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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
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Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Ontario
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"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 fo...
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In the children's best interests : unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 / Lynne Taylor.
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German and European studies ; 27
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-447) and index.
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©2017
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G 2020/1030
Record Identifier
74VKaZooXZLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZooXZLd
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ISBN
1487515154
1487502354 (cloth)
9781487502355 (cloth)
1487521944 (paperback)
9781487521943 (paperback)
9781487515157
DDC
943.0874
MMS ID
991024292379202626
