GERMAN WOMEN
MARRIAGES TO BRITISH SERVICEMEN
SEQUEL TO LIFTING OF BAN [N.Z.r.A. Special Correspondent.] (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 1. Several marriages between British soldiers and German girls were arranged within a very short time of the announcement in the House of Commons that the ban on servicemen marrying women on enemy nationality had bedn lifted, with the exception of Japanese. It is stated that local commanders can now give permission for. weddings, provided there is no objection to the women. Reports state that in Berlin there are at least 30 marriages pending. It is emphasised that the marriages will be rigidly controlled and the brides will be thoroughly “screened” for political and moral failings. One report states that the principal reason for the lifting of the ban is because the Government felt that its continuation would be unfair and a hardshi on illegitimate children born to German women. The unmarried German mother is still regarded as an enemy and has no status in a British court. The ban on marriages was lifted two months earlier than after the 1914-18 war.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 August 1946, Page 7
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