Appeal: Out-of area placement of South Tyrolean children

As a South Tyrolean child/young person, were you accommodated outside your South Tyrolean family in Austria for a certain period of time between 1945 and 1970, e.g. in a home or an institution? Or were you in a summer colony (e.g. on the Adriatic) or in a winter colony? Or were you a teacher, educator, caregiver... in a home/institution in Austria in which South Tyrolean children/young people were placed abroad or in a colony?

Since June 2024, the "Lost Children" project at the Institute of Educational Science/University of Innsbruck has been researching the placement of South Tyrolean children in Italy and Austria. Of particular interest are the experiences that the children had during their time in homes, institutions or in summer or winter colonies and what influence these had on their future lives. If you would like to make documents available for research, tell us about your experiences or know of specific examples, please get in touch! All information will be treated in strict confidence!

Contact

Mag. Mag. Dr. Ulrich Leitner

Mag. Stefanie Jäger PhD

Elena Dankl MA

E-Mail: 

lostchildren-iezw@uibk.ac.at

Post:

Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, Ágnes-Heller-Haus, Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck