Even as the Third Reich insisted on the need for more Lebensraum — living space — for the German people, the regime vigorously sought to expand its population. The SS-run Lebensborn program honored ...

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — For most of his 77 years, Cardiff resident John Gundersen had a firm grasp on his life story, at least from age 2, when his adoptive parents collected him from a Norwegian ...

This column is adapted from Angeniet Berkers’ photo book “Lebensborn — Birth Politics in the Third Reich.” In wartime, it is difficult to think in terms less polarizing than good and bad, guilt and ...

WERNIGERODE, Germany – Folker Heinicke always had the feeling that something about his upbringing just wasn’t right. Being raised in a German home full of wealth and privilege did not dull his notions ...

WERNIGERODE, Germany, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Thousands of Germans conceived under the Nazi Lebensborn program are trying to come to terms with their heritage. S.S. chief Heinrich Himmler promoted the program ...

Explore how Heinrich Himmler created the Lebensborn program in 1936 to increase births among children deemed racially valuable. This episode reveals the rise of maternity homes across Germany and ...

Discover the aftermath of the Lebensborn program as the Third Reich collapsed. Children born under its care faced confusion, secrecy, and stigma, while the true purpose of the program remained ...

t the small elementary school in Jouy-sous-les-Côtes, in northeastern France, Gisèle Marc knew the rumor about her: that her parents were not her real parents, and her real mother must have been a ...

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