Soviet children of occupation in Austria
The historical, political and social background and its consequences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12529485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Stelzl-Marx (0000-0002-6681-1338, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-291 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507486.2015.1008416 |
| OpenAlex | W2001517322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
Soviet children of occupation were born between late 1945 and mid-1956 in Austria, some following voluntary sexual relations between local women and Red Army soldiers, others as a result of rape. They were considered by many to be ‘children of the enemy’ and encountered various forms of discrimination and stigmatisation. The children involved were largely a ‘fatherless’ group of war children. By the time of their births even fathers who wanted to stay in touch had generally either been sent home or transferred to another barracks in line with the Kremlin's view that intimate relations between Soviet soldiers and Austrians were politically and ideologically reprehensible. Even after the signing of the Austrian State Treaty and the end of the occupation in 1955, the political situation largely ruled out further contact. This situation was exacerbated by the onset of the Cold War. In many cases, the children of occupation were hemmed in by a wall of silence that in some cases persists to this day. This has led to widespread questions about personal identity and searches for their ‘roots’. Against this background, the article analyses the impact of the specific historical, political and social background of the lives of Soviet occupation children
Adversary · Criminology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · State (computer science · Treaty · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · Gender Studies · German History and Society · History · Law
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Collateral damage” of occupation? Social and political responses to nonmarital children of Allied soldiers and Austrian women after the Second World War
Loneliness and lack of belonging as paramount theme in identity descriptions of Children Born of War
International Adoptees’ Sexual Health
Children Born of War
His Future will not be Bright”
Sino-Japanese Children Born of the Second Sino-Japanese War Who "Returned" to Their "Homeland
| Citations per year | 0.73 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |