The Nazis believed that when they created the Lebensborn Program they were building a perfect society, but in reality, they were destroying the lives of thousands of people. The purpose of the program was to allow young women who met the standards of being “racially pure” an opportunity to deliver a child in secrecy (“Nazi”). The SS thought by fusing Norwegian and German blood an Aryan master race would form. Therefor, Himmler encouraged the German soldiers to produce a child with a Norwegian woman. If a woman became pregnant and wanted to keep the pregnancy a secret, the Lebensborn homes was a place where women could give birth to their babies. Ten homes were built across Norway to raise the children as pure German citizens of the Third Reich.
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Some children that were taken were from orphanages, but most were kidnapped from their families. Around 100,000 children were estimated to have been taken. The SS arranged the abductions, they would transport the kids to Lebensborn centers to be “Germanized.” In the institutions, the goals were to force the children to forget their birth parents, some of the nurses at the centers would try to convince the children they were rejected by their parents (“Nazi”). If a child refused the treatment, they would often be beaten or in worse cases killed. The SS would eliminate Lebensborn babies who were born with disabilities or would send them to death …show more content…
The people of Norway and Germany do not talk about the program, they are ashamed of what happened to innocent children who are not old enough to defend themselves. After the war, the children were able to have a fresh start, and begin a new life. Though it is difficult to live a life as best as one can, not knowing who their true identity it. Many Lebensborn children get together to attempt to piece together the missing information of what happened to each other. All of this pain and grief was because Himmler wanted a perfect society when he could not accept the one he
Some children that were taken were from orphanages, but most were kidnapped from their families. Around 100,000 children were estimated to have been taken. The SS arranged the abductions, they would transport the kids to Lebensborn centers to be “Germanized.” In the institutions, the goals were to force the children to forget their birth parents, some of the nurses at the centers would try to convince the children they were rejected by their parents (“Nazi”). If a child refused the treatment, they would often be beaten or in worse cases killed. The SS would eliminate Lebensborn babies who were born with disabilities or would send them to death …show more content…
The people of Norway and Germany do not talk about the program, they are ashamed of what happened to innocent children who are not old enough to defend themselves. After the war, the children were able to have a fresh start, and begin a new life. Though it is difficult to live a life as best as one can, not knowing who their true identity it. Many Lebensborn children get together to attempt to piece together the missing information of what happened to each other. All of this pain and grief was because Himmler wanted a perfect society when he could not accept the one he