The German Child

Author : Dirk Schumann
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1845459997

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Raising Citizens in the 'Century of the Child' by Dirk Schumann Pdf

The 20th century, declared at its start to be the “Century of the Child” by Swedish author Ellen Key, saw an unprecedented expansion of state activity in and expert knowledge on child-rearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Children were seen as a crucial national resource whose care could not be left to families alone. However, the exact scope and degree of state intervention and expert influence as well as the rights and roles of mothers and fathers remained subjects of heated debates throughout the century. While there is a growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood, research in the field remains focused on national narratives. This volume compares the impact of state intervention and expert influence on theories and practices of raising children in the U.S. and German Central Europe. In particular, the contributors focus on institutions such as kindergartens and schools where the private and the public spheres intersected, on notions of “race” and “ethnicity,” “normality” and “deviance,” and on the impact of wars and changes in political regimes.

Author : Rachel Renée Russell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481460033

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The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2 by Rachel Renée Russell Pdf

Max confronts a band of burglars stealing from the middle school.

Author : Edward Ross Dickinson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : 0674688627

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The Politics of German Child Welfare from the Empire to the Federal Republic by Edward Ross Dickinson Pdf

Edward Dickinson traces the story of German child welfare policy over an extended period of conflict and compromise among competing groups-progressive social reformers, conservative Protestants, Catholics, Social Democrats, feminists, medical men, jurists, and welfare recipients themselves.

Author : Sara Zaske
Publisher : Picador
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781250160188

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Achtung Baby by Sara Zaske Pdf

An Entertaining, Enlightening Look at the Art of Raising Self-Reliant, Independent Children Based on One American Mom’s Experiences in Germany An NPR "Staff Pick" and One of the NPR Book Concierge's"Best Books of the Year" When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She was surprised to discover that German parents give their children a great deal of freedom—much more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives, and even play with fire. German parents did not share her fears, and their children were thriving. Was she doing the opposite of what she intended, which was to raise capable children? Why was parenting culture so different in the States? Through her own family’s often funny experiences as well as interviews with other parents, teachers, and experts, Zaske shares the many unexpected parenting lessons she learned from living in Germany. Achtung Baby reveals that today's Germans know something that American parents don't (or have perhaps forgotten) about raising kids with “selbstandigkeit” (self-reliance), and provides practical examples American parents can use to give their own children the freedom they need to grow into responsible, independent adults.

Author : Heinrich Hoffmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Poetry
ISBN : OCLC:1110399265

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The English Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120748654

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Little Red Riding Hood by Anonim Pdf

Author : Zohar Shavit
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135880699

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A Past Without Shadow by Zohar Shavit Pdf

In this controversial study of postwar German's children's books, Zohar Shavit reveals a troubling perspective on the German understanding of the Holocaust.

Author : Wolfgang Samuel
Publisher : Crown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780767908245

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German Boy by Wolfgang Samuel Pdf

“I think German Boy has all the qualities of greatness. I love the book.” -- from the Foreword by Stephen Ambrose As the Third Reich crumbled in 1945, scores of Germans scrambled to flee the advancing Russian troops. Among them was a little boy named Wolfgang Samuel, who left his home with his mother and sister and ended up in war-torn Strasbourg before being forced farther west into a disease-ridden refugee camp. German Boy is the vivid, true story of their fight for survival as the tables of power turned and, for reasons Wolfgang was too young to understand, his broken family suffered arbitrary arrest, rape, hunger, and constant fear. Because his father was off fighting the war as a Luftwaffe officer, young Wolfgang was forced to become the head of his household, scavenging for provisions and scraps with which to feed his family. Despite his best efforts, his mother still found herself forced to do the unthinkable to survive, and her sacrifices became Wolfgang’s worst nightmares. Somehow, with the resilience only children can muster, he maintained his youth and innocence in little ways–making friends with other young refugees, playing games with shrapnel, delighting in the planes flown by the Americans and the candies the GIs brought. In the end, the Samuels begin life anew in America, and Wolfgang eventually goes on to a thirty-year career in the U.S. Air Force. Bringing fresh insight to the dark history of Nazi Germany and the horror left in its wake, German Boy records the valuable recollections of an innocent’s incredible journey.

Author : David Blamires
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781906924096

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Telling Tales by David Blamires Pdf

Germany has had a profound influence on English stories for children. The Brothers Grimm, The Swiss Family Robinson and Johanna Spyri's Heidi quickly became classics but, as David Blamires clearly articulates in this volume, many other works have been fundamental in the development of English chilren's stories during the 19th Centuary and beyond. Telling Tales is the first comprehensive study of the impact of Germany on English children's books, covering the period from 1780 to the First World War. Beginning with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, moving through the classics and including many other collections of fairytales and legends (Musaus, Wilhelm Hauff, Bechstein, Brentano) Telling Tales covers a wealth of translated and adapted material in a large variety of forms, and pays detailed attention to the problems of translation and adaptation of texts for children. In addition, Telling Tales considers educational works (Campe and Salzmann), moral and religious tales (Carove, Schmid and Barth), historical tales, adventure stories and picture books (including Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz) together with an analysis of what British children learnt through textbooks about Germany as a country and its variegated history, particularly in times of war.

Author : Alwin Meyer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509545520

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Never Forget Your Name by Alwin Meyer Pdf

The children of Auschwitz: this is the darkest spot in the ocean of suffering that was the Holocaust. They were deported to the concentration camp with their families, with most being murdered in the gas chambers upon their arrival, or were born there under unimaginable circumstances. While 232,000 children and juveniles were deported to Auschwitz, only 750 were liberated in the death camp at the end of January 1945. Most of them were under 15 years of age. Alwin Meyer's masterwork is the culmination of decades of research and interviews with the children and their descendants, sensitively reconstructing their stories before, during and after Auschwitz. The camp would remain with them throughout their lives: on their forearms, as a tattooed number, and in their minds, in the memory of heart-rending separation from parents and siblings, medical experiments, abject confusion, ceaseless hunger and a perpetual longing for home and security. Once the purported liberation came, there was no blueprint for piecing together personal biographies after the unthinkable had happened. Many of the children, often orphaned, had forgotten their names or ages, and had only fragmented understandings of where they came from. While some struggled to reconnect to the parents from whom they had been separated, others had known nothing other than the camp. Some children grew up without the ability to trust and to play. Survival is not yet life – it is an in-between stage which requires individuals to learn how to live. The liberated children had to learn how to be young again in order to grow into adults like others did. This remarkable book tells the stories of the most vulnerable victims of the Nazis’ systematic attempt to extinguish innocent lives, and rescues their voices from historical oblivion. It is a unique testimony to the horrific suffering endured by millions in humanity’s darkest hour.

Author : Christa Blum Mercer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Children
ISBN : 1893597075

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German War Child by Christa Blum Mercer Pdf

History from life experience. The OTHER side of World War II through the eyes and ears of an Aryan child, who cheered Hitler before he ruined her life. A collection of short stories about a child from Kiel who suffered the ravages of war on her home, school, and, most of all, her family. Vintage photos by the Blum family.

Author : Tania Crasnianski
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628728088

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Children of Nazis by Tania Crasnianski Pdf

The Fascinating Story of Eight Children of Third Reich Leaders and their Journey from Descendants of Heroes to Descendants of Criminals In 1940, the German sons and daughters of great Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Höss, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or ten years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually discovered the extent of their father's occupations: These men—their fathers who were capable of loving their children and receiving love in return—were leaders of the Third Reich, and would later be convicted as monstrous war criminals. For these children, the German defeat was an earth-shattering source of family rupture, the end of opulence, and the jarring discovery of Hitler's atrocities. How did the offspring of these leaders deal with the aftermath of the war and the skeletons that would haunt them forever? Some chose to disown their past. Others did not. Some condemned their fathers; others worshiped them unconditionally to the end. In this enlightening book, which has been translated into eleven languages, Tania Crasnianski examines the responsibility of eight descendants of Nazi notables, caught somewhere between stigmatization, worship, and amnesia. By tracing the unique experiences of these children, she probes at the relationship between them and their fathers and examines the idea of how responsibility for the fault is continually borne by the descendants.

Author : Ernst Hiemer
Publisher : Clemens & Blair, LLC
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 173480422X

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The Poisonous Mushroom: Der Giftpilz by Ernst Hiemer Pdf

Among the most controversial of Nazi publications was a book for children, published in 1938 under the title Der Giftpilz-or, The Poisonous Mushroom. Here, the Jewish threat to German society was portrayed in the most simplistic and elemental terms. The author, Ernst Hiemer, put together 17 short vignettes or morality stories intended to warn children of the dangers posed by Jews. Jews were depicted as conniving, thieving, treacherous liars who would do anything for personal gain. 'Avoid Jews at all costs, ' was Hiemer's underlying message. Though aimed at children aged roughly 8 to 14, Hiemer's lessons were intended for all readers-older siblings, parents, and grandparents. Following Hitler's lead, and not without justification, Jews were presented as a profound threat to German society; they had to be shunned and ultimately removed from the nation, if the German people were to flourish. Long out of circulation, and banned in Germany and elsewhere, this new edition reproduces a work of historical importance-including full color artwork by German cartoonist Philipp Rupprecht ("Fips"). The book was repeatedly cited at the Nuremberg Trials as evidence of 'Nazi cruelty', and was used by prosecutors to justify a death sentence for its publisher, Julius Streicher. If only for the sake of history, the reading public should have access to one of the more intriguing and notorious publications of the Third Reich.

Author : Marie McSwigan
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Art
ISBN : 0590425374

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Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Pdf

Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4.

Author : Reinhold Pflugfelder
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781465344908

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WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE EYES OF A GERMAN CHILD by Reinhold Pflugfelder Pdf

In this memoir, the author intersperses his own WW II experiences as a young boy in Germany with the story of the war’s history— on both Eastern and Western battle fronts. Young Reinhold, born in 1937, was raised in Gottwollshausen, a small village in southern Germany, during the course of this war. After the Nazis drafted his father into the German army and sent him to the Russian front, Reinhold and his family—mother and two older brothers—experience the terror of Hitler and his Nazi regime, along with day and night air raids and bombings, followed by artillery attacks by the advancing Allied troops. In lieu of a normal, carefree childhood, Reinhold experiences the angst of a raging war right at his doorstep. Reinhold’s father survives the hardships of the war in Russia for three years, only to meet with a tragic end in the last week of the war. This memoir highlights the brutal and sadistic practices of Hitler and his Nazis.