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'''Children's Home No. 6''' was an orphanage in [[Moscow]] established for orphans from [[fascism]].<ref>Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (Eds.), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yorTJl1QEoC&lpg=PA182&ots=IQbXKWcxE-&dq=&pg=PA182#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union''] [[Palgrave Macmillan]] (2003), p.&nbsp;182. {{ISBN|1-4039-0119-8}}. Retrieved November 29, 2011</ref> It was established for Austrian and German children and was considered a model in the [[Soviet Union]], housing some 130 children.<ref name=stalin-219>Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yorTJl1QEoC&lpg=PA219&ots=IQbXKWcxE-&dq=&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 219]</ref> In 1938, a number of the teenaged residents were arrested in the so-called [[Hitler Youth conspiracy]], bringing pressure to close the school.<ref name=stalin-219/>
'''Children's Home No. 6''' was an orphanage in [[Moscow]] established for orphans from [[fascism]].<ref>Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (Eds.), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yorTJl1QEoC&pg=PA182 ''Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union''] [[Palgrave Macmillan]] (2003), p.&nbsp;182. {{ISBN|1-4039-0119-8}}. Retrieved November 29, 2011</ref> It was established for Austrian and German children and was considered a model in the [[Soviet Union]], housing some 130 children.<ref name=stalin-219>Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=8yorTJl1QEoC&pg=PA219 p. 219]</ref> In 1938, a number of the teenaged residents were arrested in the so-called [[Hitler Youth conspiracy]], bringing pressure to close the school.<ref name=stalin-219/>


Other institutions for German-speaking children were the [[Karl Liebknecht School]] and [[Ernst Thälmann]] summer camp,<ref>Atina Grossmann, [https://books.google.co.ug/books?id=p3A82M06lPcC&lpg=PA160&dq=&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q&f=false "German Communism and New Women"] in: Helmut Gruber and Pamela M. Graves (eds.) ''Women and Socialism, Socialism and Women: Europe Between the Two World Wars'' (1998), pp.&nbsp;160. [[Berghahn Books]]. {{ISBN|1-57181-152-4}} Retrieved November 13, 2011</ref> both of which closed around 1938.
Other institutions for German-speaking children were the [[Karl Liebknecht School]] and [[Ernst Thälmann]] summer camp,<ref>Atina Grossmann, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p3A82M06lPcC&pg=PA160 "German Communism and New Women"] in: Helmut Gruber and Pamela M. Graves (eds.) ''Women and Socialism, Socialism and Women: Europe Between the Two World Wars'' (1998), pp.&nbsp;160. [[Berghahn Books]]. {{ISBN|1-57181-152-4}} Retrieved November 13, 2011</ref> both of which closed around 1938.


Despite the efforts of the [[Austrian Communist Party]] to keep it open, the orphanage was closed in 1939, a week after the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]].<ref name="stalin-219" />
Despite the efforts of the [[Austrian Communist Party]] to keep it open, the orphanage was closed in 1939, a week after the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]].<ref name="stalin-219" />


==Notable former residents==
==Notable former residents==
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Latest revision as of 05:10, 8 February 2024

Children's Home No. 6 was an orphanage in Moscow established for orphans from fascism.[1] It was established for Austrian and German children and was considered a model in the Soviet Union, housing some 130 children.[2] In 1938, a number of the teenaged residents were arrested in the so-called Hitler Youth conspiracy, bringing pressure to close the school.[2]

Other institutions for German-speaking children were the Karl Liebknecht School and Ernst Thälmann summer camp,[3] both of which closed around 1938.

Despite the efforts of the Austrian Communist Party to keep it open, the orphanage was closed in 1939, a week after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.[2]

Notable former residents

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  1. ^ Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (Eds.), Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union Palgrave Macmillan (2003), p. 182. ISBN 1-4039-0119-8. Retrieved November 29, 2011
  2. ^ a b c Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott (2003), p. 219
  3. ^ Atina Grossmann, "German Communism and New Women" in: Helmut Gruber and Pamela M. Graves (eds.) Women and Socialism, Socialism and Women: Europe Between the Two World Wars (1998), pp. 160. Berghahn Books. ISBN 1-57181-152-4 Retrieved November 13, 2011