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 […]
No Stone is Left Unturned
After the Second World War under the auspices of the UNRRA welfare worker and field staff on the ground created by learning by doing new instruments and methods in tracing and rehabilitating children who survived the Holocaust and WWII. This paper introduces the historical situation in 1945 and asks what we can learn for today´s […]
Child Survivors and Displaced Children in the Aftermath Studies. An Overview
This paper strongly arguments for acknowledging the methods and innovations with regards to rehabilitation child survivors and displaced children after the Holocaust and WW2. It arguments that by learning from the past and exploring best practice from then the world today can learn to rehabilitate children who survived genocide and war today.
Displaced Children 1945 and the Child Tracing Division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
This paper focuses on the Child Tracing Division of the UNRRA which existed from January 1946 onwards. It operated as a central clearing point with regards to all information on child survivors and displaced children. This division constituted a novelty in humanitarian aid work as for the first time not only a centralized office but […]
Children‘s Center in der US-amerikanischen Besatzungszone
This paper gives a brief overview to the reception and clearing centers which existed after the war´s end in the American zone of occupation.
One of the greatest tragedies of the war.” The Search for Displaced Children in the Aftermath
Search as part of rehabilitating children was then and is until today of crucial importance to survivors of war and genocide. Also the issue of reuniting families is of timeless importance. This paper describes the innovations made after WW2 with regards to Jewish and non-Jewish children and contextualizes these efforts into the broader framework of […]