deprivation , "The Greatest Generation", G. I., on trial

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The Nuremberg Scripts

By JOE NOCERA

Exactly 65 years ago, the Greatest Generation put the Nazis on trial. And Harold Burson reported on it.

"The Greatest Generation" is a term coined by journalist Tom Brokaw to describe the generation^[1] who grew up in the United States during the deprivation of the Great Depression, and then went on to fight in World War II, as well as those whose productivity within the war's home front made a decisive material contribution to the war effort. The generation is sometimes referred to as the G.I. Generation (a term coined by authors William Strauss and Neil Howe who are known for their generational theory).^[2] It follows the Lost Generation who fought in World War I and precedes the Silent Generation who did not come of age until near the end of the war. Baby boomers are mostly the children of the Greatest Generation, although some are also silent generation. Their grandchildren are mostly of Generation X and Generation Y. The youngest members of the Greatest Generation may have Generation Z grandchildren.
The Greatest Generation is generally agreed to have begun in 1901, as those people would have turned 18 after World War I ended. However, people born from 1901-1909 came of age during the 1920s and identified more with the culture of that decade than the 1930s and 1940s. The core of the Greatest Generation consists of those born in 1914-1924, with 1925-1927 forming a bridge to the Silent Generation.
Most Greatest Generation members were the children of the Lost Generation (which spanned 1883-1900). Their children are generally Baby Boomers or Silent Generation.

Pronunciation: /dɛprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/ 

Definition of deprivation in English:

noun

[MASS NOUN]

1The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society:low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation[COUNT NOUN]: rural households could escape the worst deprivations of the towns

1.1The lack or denial of something considered to be anecessity:sleep deprivation

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1.2archaic The action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'removal from office'): from medieval Latin deprivatio(n-), from the verbdeprivare (see deprive).