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‘A trip organised for children is not a serious matter’? Summer treatment camps for the Belgian-German borderlands (1919-1939)
VENKEN, Machteld
2025In Childhood, 32 (1), p. 38-55
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Keywords :
Belgium; borders; children; Germany; welfare; Cultural Studies; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Anthropology; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Life-span and Life-course Studies
Abstract :
[en] 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.
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
VENKEN, Machteld  ;  University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary History of Luxembourg
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
‘A trip organised for children is not a serious matter’? Summer treatment camps for the Belgian-German borderlands (1919-1939)
Publication date :
February 2025
Journal title :
Childhood
ISSN :
0907-5682
Publisher :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Special issue title :
Special Issue: Children, Border(land)s and Mixed Economies of Welfare
Volume :
32
Issue :
1
Pages :
38-55
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
H2020 European Research Council
Funding text :
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 882549).
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