Brought Up to Be American: The Assimilation Process of Children and Teenage Refugees from Germany in the 1930s and 1940s in New York

Authors

  • Geneviève Susemihl University of Rostock

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.48

Abstract

The paper discusses the immigration and assimilation experiences of German refugees to
New York in the 1930s and 40s, specifically the experiences of children and teenagers. It
illustrates their integration process, focussing on various aspects of assimilation such as
language, friendships, social life and school, investigates into consequences and effects of
Americanization and examines the immigrants’ own evaluation of adjustment.

Author Biography

Geneviève Susemihl, University of Rostock

since 1998 teaching assistant, Department of American Studies, University of Rostock, works
          on her doctoral dissertation
March 1998 completed M.A. at University of Rostock
1995-97 student at Long Island University
1994-95 exchange student at Connecticut College with American Studies scholarship from
       DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
1992 took up M.A. course in English & American Culture, Literature and Language,
    Sociology, and Educational Sciences/Management at the University of Rostock
1992-98 free-lance journalistic writer for several newspapers and magazine

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Published

2011-12-22

How to Cite

Susemihl, Geneviève. “Brought Up to Be American: The Assimilation Process of Children and Teenage Refugees from Germany in the 1930s and 1940s in New York”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 1, Dec. 2011, doi:10.5283/copas.48.

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Vol. 1 (2000)

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