A trip organised for children is not a serious matter'? Summer treatment camps for the Belgian-German borderlands (1919-1939)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3103407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Machteld Venken (0000-0002-0358-0827, University of Luxembourg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-55 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09075682241295455 |
| OpenAlex | W4404429074 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Although the children whose rural homelands transitioned from German to Belgian state sovereignty following the First World War were not the typical demographic targeted for preventive air treatments against tuberculosis, they were overrepresented in treatment camps in both Belgium and Germany. Nation-state representatives provided public and private (although partly state subsidized) treatment camps to restore the physical vitality, ethical integrity, and national allegiances of the minors. The parallel competitive offer took the form of a cross-border mixed economy of child welfare. Borderland residents either opportunistically supported the Belgian or German initiatives, or provided their own alternatives to protect their children from indoctrination
Archaeology · Geography · German · Sociology · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |