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Used for discussions of the adoption of children, or the attempt to adopt children, into adoptive families before, during, and after World War II.
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Used when interviewees specifically discuss "adoption." (en-US)
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The act of taking a child into one's family upon judicial or administrative authority and committing to raise him or her as one's own. In the context of the Holocaust and World War II, adoption(s) may take place by custom without formal legal measures. (en-US)