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Himmler's secret mission: The birth of the Lebensborn program

Explore how Heinrich Himmler created the Lebensborn program in 1936 to increase births among children deemed racially ...
The Forward

In the shadows of Nazi viciousness, an unlikely story of love and heroism blooms

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Cardiff man recounts story of his birth in a Nazis’ Aryan baby-breeding program

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 ...