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OverviewAmong 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lynne TaylorPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9781487521943ISBN 10: 1487521944 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 21 November 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1. UNRRA Gets Started a/ Initial Planning b/ UNRRA’s Marginalization c/ UNRRA’s Mobilization 2. Unaccompanied Children a/ Temporary Care Programs b/ Child Search - Trial 3. Child Search Launched a/ Child Search - Germanization discovered b/ Child Search - Commitment 4. Legal Complications a/ Mascots b/ Illegitimacy and abandonment c/ Age of majority d/ Adoption e/ Guardianship 5. The Infiltrees a/ The Context b/ Infiltree Children 6. Obstacle: Jugendamt a/The Landesjugendamt and the vexacious matter of ‘removal’ 7. Obstacle: The ACA Directive 8. Child Search under the IRO a/ Child Search Reprieved b/ Limited Registration Plan c/ The Evolving Debate: Legal Security 9. The Residual a/ Resettlement b/ Children’s Courts c/ Transfer into the German economy d/ Closure of the IRO 10. Nationality a/ The Jewish Displaced Persons b/ The Baltic Displaced Persons c/ The Yugoslavian Displaced Persons d/ The Polish Displaced Persons e/ The Ukrainian Displaced Persons f/ The Stateless and the Doubtful or Undetermined g/ Observations 11. Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsTaylor is able to build upon the considerable existing literature on refugees and the American Occupation of Germany. However, her study is most welcome since child refugees are understudied in both...Taylor also breaks important new ground by describing the child search activities in Germany of UNRAA and the IRO, and her well chosen case studies are among the most interesting and gripping parts of her book. -- Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., American International College * European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 no 4, 2018 * This is less a history of unaccompanied children and more so an investigation of the shifting ground of child welfare policies. In ten fine-grained chapters, readers follow the relief efforts of the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and International Refugee Organization in the immediate postwar period, when various national governments laid claim to displaced children and youth. -- Barbara Lorenzkowski, Concordia University * The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol 12 no 2, Spring 2019 * Taylor is able to build upon the considerable existing literature on refugees and the American Occupation of Germany. However, her study is most welcome since child refugees are understudied in both...Taylor also breaks important new ground by describing the child search activities in Germany of UNRAA and the IRO, and her well chosen case studies are among the most interesting and gripping parts of her book. -- Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., American International College * European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 no 4, 2018 * Taylor is able to build upon the considerable existing literature on refugees and the American Occupation of Germany. However, her study is most welcome since child refugees are understudied in both...Taylor also breaks important new ground by describing the child search activities in Germany of UNRAA and the IRO, and her well chosen case studies are among the most interesting and gripping parts of her book. - Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., American International College - European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 no 4, 2018 """Taylor is able to build upon the considerable existing literature on refugees and the American Occupation of Germany. However, her study is most welcome since child refugees are understudied in both…Taylor also breaks important new ground by describing the child search activities in Germany of UNRAA and the IRO, and her well chosen case studies are among the most interesting and gripping parts of her book."" -- Thomas W. Maulucci, Jr., American International College * European History Quarterly, Vol. 48 no 4, 2018 * ""This is less a history of unaccompanied children and more so an investigation of the shifting ground of child welfare policies. In ten fine-grained chapters, readers follow the relief efforts of the United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and International Refugee Organization in the immediate postwar period, when various national governments laid claim to displaced children and youth."" -- Barbara Lorenzkowski, Concordia University * The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol 12 no 2, Spring 2019 *" Author InformationLynne Taylor is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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