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Ihre Lebensgeschichten sind eng mit dem Kriegsende verbunden, ihr Schicksal war lange Zeit ein Tabu: Geschätzte 30.000 uneheliche "Besatzungskinder" wurden nach 1945 in Liebesbeziehungen, Affären und "Versorgungspartnerschaften" zwischen alliierten Soldaten und österreichischen Frauen geboren oder kamen in Folge von Vergewaltigungen zur Welt. Die meisten dieser Kinder kannten ihre leiblichen Väter nicht oder wurden von ihnen verlassen. Bis heute sind viele auf der oft aussichtslosen Suche nach ihren "Wurzeln". Gleichzeitig wurde während der Besatzungszeit eine unbekannte Zahl von Kindern in Ehen zwischen österreichischen Frauen und westlichen Besatzungssoldaten geboren. Die Dissertation widmet sich erstmals und umfassend den Nachkommen britischer Besatzungssoldaten und österreichischer Frauen nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Sie untersucht die Entwicklungs- und Sozialisationsbedingungen der unehelichen Kinder, die in Österreich zur Welt kamen. Ebenso widmet sich die Dissertation den Lebenserfahrungen der Kinder aus ehelichen Verbindungen, die meist in Großbritannien aufwuchsen. Unter Anwendung von "mixed methods" der Auswertung archivalischer Quellen, lebensgeschichtlicher Interviews und einer Fragebogenstudie analysiert die Disseration das Verhalten britischer Regierungs- und Nichtregierungsorganisationen gegenüber diesen Kindern und ihren Müttern. Analysiert wird auch der retrospektive Blick der "Besatzungskinder" auf die Kindheits- und Lebenserfahrungen. Damit gibt das Dissertationsprojekt Einblick in die Folgen der Herkunft, mit denen sich die Nachkommen britischer Soldaten und österreichischer Frauen bis heute konfrontiert sehen. ; Their life stories are closely linked to the end of the war. Their history was a taboo for a long time. After 1945, an estimated number of 30,000 "illegitimate" "Occupation Children" were born from romantic relationships, love affairs and "supply relationships" between Allied soldiers and Austrian women or as a result of rape. Most of these children were abandoned by their fathers or never met them. Until today many of these are in search of their "roots". At the same time, an unknown number of children were born in marriages between Austrian women and Western Allied soldiers. This dissertation, for the first time, shines light on the children of British soldiers and Austrian women after World War II. It examines the conditions of socialisation and development of "illegitimate" children that were born in Austria. It also is dedicated to the life experiences of children born to married parents, who often grew up in Great Britain. Using "mixed methods" an analysis of archival sources, life story interviews and a questionnaire study the dissertation focuses on the policies of British governmental and non-governmental organisations towards "Occupation Children" and their mothers. It analyses the retrospective glance on their childhood and life experiences. This way the dissertation provides insight into the consequences, with which the children of British soldiers and Austrian women are confronted to this day. ; eingereicht von Mag. Lukas Schretter MA ; Zusammenfassungen in Deutsch und Englisch ; Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung des Verfassers/der Verfasserin ; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Dissertation, 2020 ; OeBB ; (VLID)4837374

Thousands of so-calledoccupation childrenwere born to Allied soldiers and Austrian women in sexual relations after the end of the Second World War. Their experiences correspond to the experiences ofoccupation childrenin Germany and, more general, to the experiences of Children Born of War, i.e., children born after sexual contact between local women and foreign/enemy soldiers in conflict and post-conflict situations, regardless of the time of birth and the geopolitical context. Now, more than 75 years after the end of the war, we have studied the changes in the social and political handling ofoccupation childrenin Austria over the past decades, using official sources such as newspaper reports, and including biographical interviews conducted with Britishoccupation childrenin the 2010s. Three phases were identified into which the handling ofoccupation childrencan be divided: The post-war years, in which these children were perceived as an (economic) burden; the phase ofoccupation childrengrowing up and becoming adults, in which they were hardly addressed in public; and the period since the 1990s, in which they have experienced increased media, family, and public interest, which can be attributed to their efforts to make their life stories heard, to the academic research into their living and socialization conditions, and to the formation of networks. The study complements other research onoccupation childrenin Germany and Austria, highlighting the significant differences in the discourse on U.S. American, British, Soviet, and Frenchoccupation children, especially betweenwhiteand Blackoccupation children, and addressing the differences in Austria compared to Germany. The article argues that challenges and opportunities in the integration of these children have been tied to changes in social values and morals as well as to collective processes of coming to terms with the war and post-war period.