The children of black American soldiers , commonly called Negermischlinge ("Negro half-breeds"), were particularly disadvantaged. Even in the cases where the soldier wanted to marry the mother of his child, he was prevented by the US Army, which prohibited any interracial marriages until 1948, when the Army was integrated by Executive Order of President Harry Truman.
An unknown number exceeding 10 , 000 children of African American soldiers was born to British and European women through 1955. Generically, they were called Brown Babies, but were referred to in various ways in the countries in which most were born: England, Germany and Austria. A very small number was born in the Netherlands, but a 21st century oral history project there, “The Children of African American Liberators,” provided an in-depth understanding of their lives into adulthood Kirkels, Mieke and Dickon, Chris (2020). Dutch Children of African American Liberators. McFarland Publications, ISBN:9781476641140, 1476641145. As well, in 2016 the Folklore Museum of Vienna mounted a thorough exhibition, “Black Austria. The Children of African American Occupation Soldiers.”
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commonly called Negermischlinge ("Negro half-breeds"), were particularly disadvantaged. Even in the cases where the soldier wanted to marry the mother of his child, he was prevented by the US Army, which prohibited any interracial marriages until 1948, when the Army was integrated by Executive Order of President Harry Truman.
000 children of African American soldiers was born to British and European women through 1955. Generically, they were called Brown Babies, but were referred to in various ways in the countries in which most were born: England, Germany and Austria. A very small number was born in the Netherlands, but a 21st century oral history project there, “The Children of African American Liberators,” provided an in-depth understanding of their lives into adulthood Kirkels, Mieke and Dickon, Chris (2020). Dutch Children of African American Liberators. McFarland Publications, ISBN:9781476641140, 1476641145. As well, in 2016 the Folklore Museum of Vienna mounted a thorough exhibition, “Black Austria. The Children of African American Occupation Soldiers.”