SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIAL POLICY OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY (1945 – 1949)
Abstract
The educational system and youth policy were important spheres in the social policy of the American military government. The paper focuses on the problems which the American occupation authorities faced when renewing the activity of educational institutions; the basic principles of educational policy are emphasized. The military government put big emphasis on work with youth, the organization of youth’s leisure, and encouraged the creation of various youth associations.
About the Author
E. A. Zharonkina
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Elena A. Zharonkina – Candidate of History, Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern and Contemporary History and International Relations
Russian Federation
Elena A. Zharonkina – Candidate of History, Assistant Professor at the Department of Modern and Contemporary History and International Relations
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Zharonkina E.A. SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIAL POLICY OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY (1945 – 1949). SibScript. 2013;(2-3):61-65. (In Russ.)
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