Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria’s Zwischen Fürsorge und Ausgrenzung: Black German Childhood after 1945

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Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria · History · Metropol, 2002 · German

This study examines how postwar German institutions and welfare organizations approached children born to German mothers and Black American soldiers. It follows the tensions between care, exclusion, institutional separation, and efforts at integration.

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The book is an important historical resource for understanding the circumstances surrounding Black German childhood and adoption after 1945. It helps readers examine the racial assumptions embedded in policies presented as child welfare.

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ISBN: 978-3-932482-75-5.

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