Lost Children

(Trans-)national out-of area placement of South Tyrolean children in Italy and Austria (1945-1970)

A regional study on the historical background of the inclusive care and education system in Italy

The project examines the placement of German-speaking South Tyrolean children in residential care outside of South Tyrol in Italy and in western Austria in the period from 1945 to 1970. By focusing on the exclusion of children with disabilities, health and family problems, we shall take a regional case in point to trace the historical background of the inclusive care and education system in Italy which evolved from the 1970.

The project is a cooperation between the University of Innsbruck and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and is funded by the Autonomous Province Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol.