Biographisches Erzählen als Widerspiegelung traumatischer Erlebnisse von Kriegskindern. Eine Studie anhand exemplarischer Texte: "Andy und Marwa" (2005) von Jörgen Todenhöfer und "Mano, der Junge der nicht wusste, wo er war" (2008) von Anja Tuckermann

-The study tackles warfare and its destructive psychological consequences for the children who fall victims to its calamities across ages despite the multitude of treaties which stipulate that children’s rights are protected.
-The study attempts to track the forms of children’s suffering during and after wars through the warfare-related destinies of three children. The first child is American, the second belongs to the Sinti group in Germany, and the third is from Iraq. The two novels selected for application are Jürgen Todenhöfer’s Andy und Marwa (2005), and Anja Tuckerman’s Mano, der Junge, der nichtwusste, wo er war (2008). Both works tackle the impact of war on children; one of the three children is killed during the war, while a girl loses one of her legs in the same war, particularly the US Invasion of Iraq after the 9/11 attacks. These incidents are similar to what actually happened 50 years ago when Mano was tortured and detained during World War II before he escaped to France.
-The study sheds light on the way both novels approach the suffering of children during wars using narrative styles which rely on press interviews or the structure of historical real-life events and how heroes fall victims to these events although they are innocent and have not voluntarily participated in warfare. The study also questions the feasibility of war and the rationality of war decisions taken by rulers who are either deranged or seeking false glory even if it were at the expense of millions of victims. Whatever the causes are, wars bring nothing but destruction.