Lebensborn
Implementation
Lebensborn e. V. had or planned to have facilities in the following countries (some were merely field offices):
Germanisation
The Nazis would seize children in full view of the parents. The kidnapped children were administered several tests and were categorised into three groups:
Lebensborn
Lebensborn e.V.) IPA : [ˈleɪbənzˌbɔːrn], German : [ˈleːbənsˌbɔʁn] (literally: "Fount of Life") was a secret, SS-initiated, state)-registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "healthy" Aryans, based on Nazi eugenics (also called "racial hygiene" by some eugenicists). Lebensborn was established by Heinrich Himmler, and provided welfare to its mostly unmarried mothers, encouraged anonymous births by unmarried women at their maternity homes, and mediated adoption of children by likewise "racially pure" and "healthy" parents, particularly SS members and their families. The Cross of Honour of the German Mother was given to the women who bore the most Aryan children.
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