LEADER 03156nam 22005415 450 001 9910826891103321 005 20230115052548.0 010 $a1-4875-1516-2 010 $a1-4875-1515-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781487515157 035 $a(CKB)3790000000538136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5171110 035 $a(DE-B1597)498465 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880411 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781487515157 035 $a(OCoLC)1014123183 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107615 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000538136 100 $a20180829d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn the Children?s Best Interests $eUnaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952 /$fLynne Taylor 210 1$aToronto : $cUniversity of Toronto Press, $d[2018] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (470 pages) 225 0 $aGerman and European Studies 311 $a1-4875-0235-4 311 $a1-4875-2194-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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 330 $aAmong the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II, approximately 40,000 were unaccompanied children. These children, of every age and nationality, were without parents or legal guardians and many were without clear identities. This situation posed serious practical, legal, ethical, and political problems for the agencies responsible for their care. In the Children's Best Interests, by Lynne Taylor, is the first work to delve deeply into the records of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and reveal the heated battles that erupted amongst the various entities (military, governments, and NGOs) responsible for their care and disposition. The bitter debates focused on such issues as whether a child could be adopted, what to do with illegitimate and abandoned children, and who could assume the role of guardian. The inconclusive nationality of these children meant they became pawns in the battle between East and West during the Cold War. Taylor's exploration and insight into the debates around national identity and the privilege of citizenship challenges our understanding of nationality in the postwar period. 410 0$aGerman and European studies ;$v27. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren$zGermany (West) 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945-1955 608 $aHistory. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xChildren 676 $a940.53/161 700 $aTaylor$b Lynne , $01640411 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826891103321 996 $aIn the Children?s Best Interests$93983936 997 $aUNINA