War children's search U.S. dads gets urgent

Very sad, but very common after ww2.
In Germany,there was over 100,000 babies being born to American & British (Not sure about Russian & French men though) Fathers to German women,and most of the American & British Fathers all went back home,leaving there German infants in Germany.
There's even adult Germans looking for there American & British fathers this instant!

I did have a link,but i have to relocate the link,it's somewhere.

 

Another site, for the children of Canadian servicemen

Voices of the Left Behind, War Children of World War Two, Canadian veterans

On one page it has the following:

An estimated 30,000 Canadian War Children were born of unions between Canadian servicemen and unwed, single women in Britain and Europe during and immediately after the Second World War.

The most famous Canadian War Child is legendary rock-blues guitarist, Eric Clapton, who found out in March, 1998 that his father, Edward Fryer, was a Canadian soldier from Montreal.

Most Canadian War Children, (22,000+), were born in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, reflecting the length of time Canadian soldiers were stationed in the UK between 1939 and 1946.

It is estimated that there are at least 23,000 War Children of American soldiers in the United Kingdom as well.

The largest number of Canadian War Children on the European continent were born in the Netherlands (6,000) after the Dutch Liberation in May, 1945. The majority of these (4,500) were born to single women, the remainder (1,500) were born to married women whose husbands were still in German concentration camps or other parts of Europe at the time the Canadians were in Holland. These children were registered under the mother's married name.

Lesser numbers of War Children were born in Belgium and other countries where the Canadians were stationed during and after the war.

Every War Child's story is different. Some parents were actually married and for reasons known only to their father, he disappeared after the war. But the overwhelming majority of War Children were born to unwed, single mothers who were treated as outcasts in a society that viewed unwed pregnancy and single motherhood as a social taboo. Many suffered as a result of the circumstances of their birth. For them, the search for their father takes on greater meaning.

Many of the War Children were put up for adoption immediately after birth. For these children, the search also includes their mother.

Other War Children, like Eric Clapton, were raised by their grandparents or relatives who pretended to be their parents.

Some courageous women defied social prejudices and kept their children. Many married when the children were still young. These children grew up never knowing their real father was a Canadian soldier.

Like Eric Clapton, many War Children were told at an early age of their paternity. Others found out about their Canadian fathers as teenagers, others as they grew into adults and into middle age. Some War Children found out only recently about their Canadian fathers, many after their mothers died and the truth could finally be told.

The oldest War Children were born in 1940, within a year of Canadian's arrival in Britain in December, 1939. The youngest War Children were born in 1946-47, towards the end of the Canadian's presence overseas.

Every War Child is different, but one major similarity they all share is a desire to know their Canadian roots.

Like Eric Clapton, they may just want to know if their father is still alive and where he lives. Some War Children may want to know if he married and had other children. They may want to know more about their father's personality and life, such as what kind of a person he was, what kind of a family he came from, and what kind of work he did.

Others may want their fathers to know they exist, they would love a picture of him, or for him to have a picture of them. If he is willing, they would like to meet him and his Canadian family, and hopefully to meet their half brothers and sisters.

If their father is dead, they may want to know where he is buried so they may visit his grave. They may also want to meet some of his relatives in Canada, if the relatives are willing.

 

Yes, Michelle the children of wars are usually a sad affair in one way or another. There was a recent article in the Smithsonian magazine about the Amerasian children of Vietnam. How they were scorned by both their mothers and the government for many years until an American individual (forget his name) started up a movement to get them visas and residency in the US.

Then they became the "darlings" of many a Vietnamese person who wished to capitalize on their status and come to America as their "guardians". Many, upon arriving in the US found themselves abandoned again as their "guardians" dumped them and moved away into obscurity.

I have also seen statistics that in the Soviet section of occupied Germany immediately post war there were over 2 million abortions performed on German women, at their request. These aborted fetuses were without doubt the result of rapes, not willing sexual congress. More emotional scars which are the unintended consequences of wars to add to the total.

 

why would it take so long for them to find their fathers

 

This is a post I came across by some others that as an American, a veteran, and a man, I find completely offensive, but typical of American sentiment in a post war world. My mother, a former POW, is such a woman as described here earlier. My older brother a product of an American GI raping her. My brother did not discover his true relationship until he was drafted to go to Vietnam; which at the time he discovered he held a dual citizenship. My mother came here as a warbride, but my father was not the man who fathered my brother. As I see it, My family as long as they have been in this country has dutifully served this country. That includes my brother, sired by a coward. As a product of this German, naturalized American citizen, I too, along with all my siblings, American and German, have served this country.

The trauma my family experienced as a result of my mother's captivity remain to this day. Read the commentary below and see just how bigotry and hatred continue to permeate our country. These people have the guts to call themselves American. I call them pathetic.

Originally Posted by nevai
It might sound cruel, but I have little sympathy for those German women who were raped by the Soviets during and after WWII. I view it as part of the punishment that the Germans received for the unspeakable crimes they committed against the Soviet Union. I am not even talking about the murder of the Jews and other Untermenschen or the crimes against other European nations. Just for what they did to the Soviet Union, Germany would have justly deserved to be totally eliminated. They are lucky they weren't. Ditto about Austria, Hungary, and the other allies of Germany.

Please note that I have no particular sympathy for the Soviet Union either. Yet another evil empire.

I am glad to see that the current Germany is a different country and that the Germans succeeded to rejoin the Western civilization.

Sincerely, Paul Nevai
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Spoken like a true victor. This is the way wars were waged in the past. The defeated slain or sold as slaves, the women raped and then killed, the cities looted and the razed to the ground. You are in good company.

oh! almost forgot, you don't sound cruel, what on earth could make you think that ? exterminating the Germans, having no simpathy for the victims of rape. Nope, it doesn't sound cruel to me. It sounds alright to me, buddy.

Sincerely,

symewinston