PT Journal
AU Gmeiner, L
TI Bevölkerungspolitik im Nationalsozialismus: der Verein „Lebensborn“
SE Sozial.Geschichte Online: Zeitschrift für historische Analyse des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
PD 02
PY 2024
BP 11
EP 32
VL 2024
IS 37
DI 10.17185/duepublico/82543
LA de
AB This text analyses the role of “Lebensborn e. V.”, a Third Reich institution founded by Heinrich Himmler in 1935 to serve National Socialist population policy. Its aim was to promote “racially valuable” offspring. The essay analyses the effects of “Lebensborn e. V.” on the individuals associated with it in three main categories: Vergemeinschaftung, Kinderraub and “Ausmerze”. By analysing sources from the Arolsen Archives and the archives of the district of Upper Bavaria, the practice of Lebensborn and the reactions of the people involved are illuminated. From a micro-historical perspective, the text reflects on the leeway of the staff and the population. Overall, it shows how Lebensborn tried to shape the National Socialist “Volksgemeinschaft” and how it influenced the lives of those concerned.
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