Philipp Rohrbach – författare

"Austria. A Soldier''s Guide" war das Handbuch für amerikanische und britische Besatzungssoldaten, wie sie sich im Jahr 1945 als "Befreier und Sieger" den Österreichern gegenüber verhalten sollten. Das außergewöhnliche Zeitzeugnis beleuchtet Geografie, Geschichte und Politik des Landes, welchen Charakter der Österreicher an sich hat, wie er denkt, was er gerne tut, isst und trinkt."Austria" bietet einen spannenden Blick auf Österreich und seine Bewohner – Skurrilitäten, bittere Wahrheiten und interessante Halbwahrheiten eingeschlossen. Und das liest sich erstaunlich aktuell.

This volume addresses an issue that was until recently taboo: children fathered by Black American GIs who were stationed in Europe during and after World War II and whose mothers were local citizens. They were born into societies that defined themselves as White and rejected this extremely visible portion of the so-called occupation children.Black and White are in this volume not (only) understood as descriptions of skin color, but above all as social constructs and political categories with racist attributions and effects. The authors of the contributions examine the manner in which these mixed-race children and their mothers were treated by their societies and the respective authorities; they assess the experiences and self-understandings of the individuals affected; they discuss their institutionalization and the strategy practiced by the youth welfare agencies of giving these children up for adoption abroad; and finally they highlight how African American couples in the USA interpreted the adoption of these mixed-race children from Europe as an act of Black resistance against White supremacy.