The weekly children
Early separation, lasting consequences
Paperback
Prominent affected individuals describe their personal fate for the first time
Processing the GDR past and long-term consequences of early institutional care
Available on 21/09/2026
Jan Josef Liefers talks about his ketamine therapy in early childhood. Sandy Graf was given up for adoption by her mother, and Bernd Liebenau only came home to his parents once a month until he was six years old. They exemplify the approximately 500,000 "Wochenkinder" (weekly children) in the GDR. Infants of single parents, shift workers, or artists were given away as early as six weeks old. The parents did not know that the toddlers were sometimes restrained at night, given tranquilizers, or placed sick in isolation rooms. Many of these former "Wochenkinder" still suffer from the traumatic consequences today. Journalist and bestselling author ("inside Tagesschau") Alexander Teske not only interviewed therapists, scientists, and affected individuals, but also tells his own moving story.
Publisher / Responsible Person:
Langen Müller Verlag GmbH, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 11, 80539, Munich, Germany, info@langenmueller.de
Publisher / Responsible Person:
Langen Müller Verlag GmbH, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 11, 80539, Munich, Germany, info@langenmueller.de
Abmessung (LxBxH)
215 mm x 135 mm x 25 mm
EAN / ISBN
9783784437774
Art Nr.
03777
AutorInnen / IllustratorInnen
Seitenzahl
250
Produktart
Paperback
Erscheinungstag
21.09.2026
Einband
Paperback with flaps (2 flaps)

The weekly children
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