- 40-50% of living children from WWII in Germany report traumatic experiences related to the war according to a study by psychologist Heide Glaesmer - Around 400,000 children were born to allied soldiers in post-war Germany according to historians Barbara Stelzl-Marx and Silke Satjukow - The UN estimates there are around 250,000 child soldiers worldwide though the real number is likely higher due to unreported cases - The USA is the only UN member state to not ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, having only signed it

1. Political Facts
in Your Mind

2. Children of War I
How many of today’s living children of war
approximately report about traumatic experiences,
especially related to their experience from WWII?
10-20 %
20-30 %
40-50 %
60-70 %

3. Children of War I
40-50 %
This percentage refers to the research of the
psychologist Dr. Heide Glaesmer from the
university hospital Leipzig. Her study covers
people from the age of 70 who describe their
experiences during WWII and the post-war
period.

4. Children of War II
How many children of allied soldiers were born in
post-war Germany?
about 50,000
about 100,000
about 200,000
about 400,000

5. Children of War II
about 400,000
These numbers refer to the newest studies of
the historians Barbara Stelzl-Marx and Silke
Satjukow. Often Children of allied soldiers
were confronted with hostilities. Most of them
grew up without their father.

6. Child Soldiers I
How big is the number of child soldiers worldwide
according to UN estimates?
about 100,000
about 250,000
about 500,000
about 1,000,000

7. Child Soldiers I
about 250,000
The UN defines child soldiers as children
under the age of 18 who fight in armed
conflicts. These are official numbers. The
number of unreported cases is probably
much higher.

8. Child Soldiers II
Which of these countries did not deploy child
soldiers in 2014?
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Thailand
Colombia

9. Child Soldiers II
Saudi Arabia
The other listed countries deployed child
soldiers in armed conflicts in 2014. Beyond
that, child soldiers fought in the conflict areas
of Africa, Near and Middle East and South
Asia.

10. Children‘s Rights
Which country did sign the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child but not ratify it, which means
they do not implement it in their national law?
Afghanistan
USA
Sudan
Vatican City State

11. Children‘s Rights
USA
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
was ratified by more states than any other UN
convention, namely every UN member state
except of South Sudan and the United States.
The US decline a ratification for many reasons,
e.g. because of the restriction of the parents’
rights regarding the education of their children.

12. Human Rights
Which of these statements stands at the beginning of the first
article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec. 10,
1948)?
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any
discrimination to equal protection of the law.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person
before the law.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

13. Human Rights
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was
established by the United Nations in 1948. All of
the above-mentioned phrases are part of it, namely
the articles 7, 3, 6 and 1.

14. Refugees
When was the Convention relating to the status of
refugees, passed in Geneva, legally decided?
Jan. 16, 1921
July 28, 1951
Dec. 9, 1967
Apr. 30, 1992

15. Refugees
July 28, 1951
lready at the beginning of the 20th century, the
League of Nations (the predecessor organisation
of the United Nations) started the development of
a legal foundation for the protection of refugees
with international validity. The 1951 Refugee
Convention focused mainly on the refugee wave
in post-war Europe. It was extended in 1967
(New York protocol). 147 states joined the 1951
Refugee Convention and/or the 1967 protocol.

16. Refugees
How many of the worldwide almost 60 Million
refugees in 2014 were under the age of 18?
10 %
25 %
50 %
70 %

17. Refugees
50 %
38 million of them are so-called internally
displaced person (refugees in their own
countries). 20 million took refuge in foreign
countries because of war, poverty and
persecution. In addition, there are 2 million
asylum seekers. 25 % of people fleeing to
Europe are under the age of 18.

18. Refugees
How many people fled on average per day in 2014?
7,200
23,700
42,500
58,400

19. Refugees
42,500
This number is based on the current reports
of the UNCHR (United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees).