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

The paper discusses the immigration and assimilation experiences of German refugees toNew York in the 1930s and 40s, specifically the experiences of children and teenagers. Itillustrates their integration process, focussing on various aspects of assimilation such aslanguage, friendships, social life and school, investigates into consequences and effects ofAmericanization and examines the immigrants’ own evaluation of adjustment.