Set up in Germany in 1935, Lebensborn expanded into several occupied European countries with Germanic populations during the World War II. It included the selection of "racially worthy" orphans …

Mar 27, 2025 · Learn about the Lebensborn program, a Nazi eugenics program created by the SS in late 1935 aimed at boosting the “racially valuable” population.

The German Lebensborn children grew up in the war’s aftermath, many of them cowed by shame and uncertainty. Even during the Third Reich, the breeding program was highly controversial, especially …

Lebensborn provided support for expectant mothers, wed or unwed, by providing a home and the means to have their children in safety and comfort. The first Lebensborn home was opened in 1936 in …

Nov 22, 2017 · Lebensborn was Heinrich Himmler's dream to create a master race that would rule for 1,000 years — and it was built on unimaginable cruelty.

Aug 14, 2021 · The first Lebensborn home – a very well-equipped maternity and children’s home – was opened in Steinhöring, Bavaria, on August 15, 1936. Around 30 more of these homes followed …

Heinrich Himmler created The "Lebensborn" on December 12th, 1935. The goal of this society ("Registered Society Lebensborn - Lebensborn Eingetragener Verein") was to offer to young girls …

Jan 20, 2021 · The domination of the Aryan race was the main goal of the Nazis, and the function of the SS organization Lebensborn was to create and raise an elite of Aryan children.

Apr 3, 2025 · While searching the archives at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Allegri learned that Himmler had the records of the Lebensborn program destroyed shortly …

Jun 30, 2021 · The next step was the creation of Lebensborn (fountain or spring of life) homes, under SS supervision. These were places where racially worthy unmarried women could, in secret, deliver …