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‘Occupation Children’ in Germany after World War II — Problems and Coping Strategies
Author(s) -
Kleinau Elke,
Schmid Rafaela
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12323
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , narrative , sociocultural evolution , world war ii , psychology , first world war , sociology , developmental psychology , gender studies , history , political science , psychiatry , art , law , ancient history , literature , anthropology
The article focuses on the autobiographical memories of people born in Germany after the Second World War, whose mothers were local women and whose fathers were members of the allied forces. Based on the analysis of narrative interviews, we ask how these people experienced their growing up and their sociocultural environment in the post‐war era, and what kind of coping strategies they developed to deal with adverse living conditions.