OPERATION PIED PIPER! The Wartime Evacuation of Schoolchildren from London and Berlin 1938-46

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• Niko Gärtner
• Thursday 21 March 2013, 15:00-16:30
• Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ in room GS5.

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Niko Gärtner presents: When war came, the authorities in London and Berlin operated evacuation schemes that sent children into billets and camps in rural reception areas. The children’s exodus either happened orderly and followed years of planning and discussion amongst policy makers (London), or haphazardly following the sudden realization that the war would not be fought exclusively elsewhere (Berlin). As policies, the government evacuation schemes were bold, controversial and – considering their distinct political contexts – surprisingly similar; as were some of their consequences: the recipients did not accept them uncritically, the municipalities failed to evacuate the majority of children from the cities under attack, and private provision catered for a lot more children than the official schemes.

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