Child Removed from Home by Social Services
Adler-Collins, Je Kan, Armstrong, Louis Daniel, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, Banks, John, Bird, A. John, Burnum, Burnum, Canadian Native Children, Carter, Forrest, Clare, Monica, Cole, Lynnette, Grant, Julia, Head, Bessie, Jagamarra, Malcolm, Kinder der Landstraße, Klein, Hans-Joachim, Morrissey, Neil, Mortara, Edgardo, Morton, Samantha, Native American and Alaskan Native Children, Orphan Trains of the USA, Pelzer, David J., Roach, Archie, Salter, Shane, Schreiber, Lorna, Smith, Robyn, Verdingkinder, Ward, Glenyse, Wilkomirski, Binjamin, X, Malcolm,
Grant, Julia
Grant was born George Roberts, the eldest of eight children. His mother was an alcoholic and his father a fisherman who was seldom home. From about the age of 12 he looked after his brothe... [more]
Head, Bessie
Head was the child of a wealthy white South African woman and a Black servant when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa. Her mother was sent to a mental hospital as punish... [more]
Jagamarra, Malcolm
Jagamarra was born in the Australian Outback in 1955, the son of a Warlpiri woman and an Irish Bushman. His family lived a traditional life, and whenever they neared a white homestead he wo... [more]
Kinder der Landstraße
From 1926 to 1973 the Swiss child welfare foundation Pro Juventute (founded in 1912 and still functioning) promoted and carried out, with the active co-operation of the federal, cantonal, a... [more]
Klein, Hans-Joachim
Klein's mother committed suicide when he was four. His father, a policeman who had been a member of Hitler's SS, was a violent man who abused the boy so badly that he was taken to an orphan... [more]
Morrissey, Neil
Morrissey and his brother Stephen were taken into care as boys after several incidents of shoplifting. They remained in contact with their family, but Neil soon became involved in children'... [more]
Mortara, Edgardo
Mortara was the son of a Jewish family in Bologna, Italy. When he was five (or a baby, sources differ) he became very ill and his illiterate nurse, a Catholic, baptized him secretly. He rec... [more]
Morton, Samantha
Morton was taken into care aged three when her parents separated and she grew up on a harsh Nottingham council estate. She has had major roles in Band of Gold, Cracker and ITV's new dram... [more]
Native American and Alaskan Native Children
Children of Native Americans and Native Alaskans were frequently taken from their birth families by Indian Agents (agents of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs), often by subterfuge, and place... [more]
Orphan Trains of the USA
Between 1854 and 1930 between 150,000 and 200,000 children were shipped from the eastern USA to western states and territories. The operation was in some respects similar to that involved i... [more]
