The Unspeakable Things That Happened In Lebensborn: The Nazi Breeding Farm?

The Lebensborn began in 1935, the same year that the Nazis passed their anti-Semitic “Nuremberg Laws.” By 1935, Hitler and Himmler felt strong enough in their position in Germany to begin what would eventually end in the murder of six million Jews and five million other people in the Holocaust. Historians still debate whether or not Hitler and Himmler actually began this process with the idea of killing millions of people, but we do know that at the very least, they wanted to remove all “un-German” people from the lands that Germany controlled or would control throughout the war. If you are a racial eugenicist, someone who believes that unwanted traits can be scientifically or criminally removed or bred out of a population, it's only logical that you would encourage the reproduction of the people you wanted.

What did Lebensborn do?

Officially, Lebensborn focused on three things: providing a healthy and safe environment for healthy “Aryan” mothers, placing children with childless German couples if the mother could not care for them, and canvassing the countries Germany conquered during the war.

The unofficial part is where most people stop learning. Since the end of the war, the Lebensborn has been called the “Nazi Breeding Program,

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