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Chapter 19
Family, Sexuality and Nation: West Germany
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Occupation and the Emergence of Two States (1945-1961)
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German Women and American Soldiers on a Rollercoaster (1945)
Walther von Hollander on the Breakdown of Marriages, Separation, Divorce (1946)
Walther von Hollander, Women’s Issues – Women’s Worries (1946)
The Psychological and Physical Condition of Prisoners of War Returning from the East (undated report)
A Prisoner of War Returns Home (1947)
Flirting at the Wannsee (1947)
First German-American Wedding (1947)
Debate of the Bill by Deputy August Schwingenstein (CSU) and Others in the Bavarian Landtag [State Parliament] Concerning the Protection of Youth against Immoral Influences (1948)
“A Negro Soldier Experiences Germany” (May 28, 1949)
“Being a Christian in a Time of Need”: 72nd German Catholic Congress in Mainz (September 1-5, 1948)
Foster Parents with German-American Children (1949)
A Double Hand Amputee War Veteran Lights Advent Candles (December 1949)
From a Lecture by Oberstudiendirektor Kurt Hahn at a Sex Education Workshop for Young People at Jugendburg Bilstein/Sauerland (September 14, 1950)
Crowning the German “Leg Queen” (1951)
Newspaper Article about Children of African-American Members of the Allied Forces (1951)
Prospective Housewives in a Cooking Class at the Hamburg Electrical Works (1951)
Emil Schäfer on the Person and Tasks of the Federal Minister of Family Affairs (1953)
Baby Stroller Get-Together at a Playground in Frankfurt am Main (1954)
Franz-Josef Wuermeling, Federal Minister of Family Affairs (September 1954)
POWs Returning from the Soviet Union Following Adenauer’s Visit to Moscow (October 1, 1955)
POWs from Soviet Camps Arrive at the Friedland Transfer Camp (October 1, 1955)
A Woman Discovers Her Son among Returning POWs at the Friedland Transfer Camp (October 1, 1955)
“The Last Soldiers of the Great War”: Article from Die Zeit (October 13, 1955)
“On Saturdays, Dad’s mine” – Poster by the Confederation of German Trade Unions Advocating the Introduction of the Five-Day Work Week (1956)
Advertisement for Lux Cigarettes from Quick Magazine (1956)
The Academic Success of Mixed-race Children. Study by the Institute for Anthropology in the Sciences and Humanities (1956)
The Illegitimate Children of Members of the Occupying Forces in the Federal Republic and in West Berlin (1956)
The Bundestag Passes the Law on the Equality of Men and Women (May 3, 1957)
From the Memorandum by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs on “The Reasons for Our Declining Birth Rate” (1957)
The Federal Constitutional Court Rules on the Constitutionality of Paragraph 175 (1957)
The Postwar Debate about Section 175 (June 19, 1957)
West German Review of the Film Anders als du und ich (November 6, 1957)
East German Film Review of Anders als du und ich (November 12, 1957)
A Legislative Milestone: Mothers and Fathers Now Have Equal Rights (1959)
Why Single Women Are Good Mothers (July 26, 1960)
Family, Sexuality and Nation: East Germany
Youth and Education: East Germany