Post-War American Genes in Germany

Amerikanische DNS, (Deoxyribo Nucleic Säure)in Germany

A little-discussed chapter in German-American relations is approaching its end. In his book Do not fraternize. Die schwierigen Anfänge deutsch-amerikanischer Freundschaft 1944-1949 Johannes Kleinschmidt wrote about the estimated 37,000 "occupation babies" or "Ami-Bastards" - the illegitimate offspring of American GIs and German women who were born in immediate postwar years. Time is running out for these now middle-aged Germans to located their fathers in the United States. Yesterday's Boston Globe had a front-page article about the desperate hunt some have undertaken to solve the mystery of their own identities:..

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