TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor,Lynne
TI  - In the children's best interests: unaccompanied children in American-occupied Germany, 1945-1952 
T2  - German and European studies
SN  - 1487502354
AV  - D810.C4 T39 2017
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - International Refugee Organization
KW  - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Children
KW  - Germany (West)
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Abandoned children
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Adoption
KW  - Child care
KW  - Germany
KW  - 1945-1955
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-447) and index; Acknowledgements 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 Index
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