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Lebensborn Children

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:55 pm
by Techmomof2
https://www.ranker.com/list/children-of ... l-loveland

Since abortion wasn't legal in Germany, many of the mothers gave up these "master race" babies to families in the SS. Some mothers chose to raise their children alone, but they lied about their children's origins to avoid stigma. Most would say their child's father had been killed in the war. The unfortunate truth is that these women faced double the stigma of normal single mothers in postwar Germany: one for having an illegitimate child and another for participating in Nazi programs. Mothers, unable to cope with their silence, often developed psychological problems and turned to alcohol. Some of those who were ostracized after the war were often publicly beaten, shamed, and forced into slave labor.