The Children’s Republic of Gaudiopolis : : The History and Memory of a Children’s Home for Holocaust and War Orphans (1945–1950) / / Gergely Kunt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Kunt, Gergely,
• MitwirkendeR: Lo Bello, Maya J.,; Suleiman, Susan Rubin,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Gaudiopolis (The City of Joy) was a pedagogical experiment that operated in a post–World War II orphanage in Budapest. This book tells the story of this children’s republic that sought to heal the wounds of wartime trauma, address prejudice and expose the children to a firsthand experience of democr...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The History of Child Rescue in Budapest
• A Christian Orphanage with Doors Open to All
• Gaudiopolis: Democracy as a Game and the Game of Democracy
• Immortalizing Orphans and the War in a Communist Propaganda Film
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Sources and Bibliography
• Index