Mass detective operation im befreiten Deutschland: UNRRA und die Suche nach den eingedeutschten Kindern nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

After the end of the Second World War the UNRRA was confronted with a mass atrocity which was conducted in the name of German social work: The kidnapping of children from Poland /at least 20 000) but also from the Netherlands or Belgium. The paper explores the challenges and steps wo trace these children of which only a minority was found in the end.