Together with Katrin Himmler, Randi Crott, and Jens Orback, Sabine Bode participated in a round table discussion. In 2015, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of Germany's capitulation and liberation from the Nazis – Victory in Europe Day – she was invited by Phoenix (German TV station) to discuss "how we feel the war to this day" with respect to grandchildren of war. "War does not stop when the weapons fall silent." Into this simple formula German author Sabine Bode condensed the impact of war on human health. However, there is consensus that the impact of war on children can be felt decades later, often increasing with advancing age, and that at times the impact can be passed on mute to subsequent generations. The literature on this subject has not yet been able to produce a universal and binding definition. They describe the same phenomena from different perspectives, using diverse methods and various stylistic means. In Germany, these children became known as Kriegskinder ( war children), a term that came into use due to a large number of scientific and popular science publications which have appeared increasingly since the 1990s. German childhood in World War II describes how the Second World War, as well as experiences related to it, directly or indirectly impacted the life of children born in that era. First day of school for children in Haynrode/Germany (1940).
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