Folker Heinicke always had the feeling that something about his upbringing just wasn’t right. Raised in a German home full of wealth and privilege did not dull his notions that something was missing, ...

Earlier this month, Electronic Arts announced one of the most anticipated games of the year: Battlefield 5, a shooter that, at least in its trailer, focuses on the glory and adrenaline of World War II ...

Delve into the inner workings of the Lebensborn program as Himmler’s vision extended beyond childbirth. Learn how maternity homes, adoption policies, and marriage controls were used to shape an elite ...

t the small elementary school in Jouy-sous-les-Côtes, in northeastern France, Gisèle Marc knew the rumor about her: that her parents were not her real parents, and her real mother must have been a ...

WERNIGERODE, Germany, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Thousands of Germans conceived under the Nazi Lebensborn program are trying to come to terms with their heritage. S.S. chief Heinrich Himmler promoted the program ...

My Child Lebensborn is based in real history. It’s not a often spoken or known of given the awful nature of the Norwegian events. “The Norwegian people treated our own children like enemies, because ...

Children regarded as "racially pure" and abducted by the SS are not entitled to compensation, a German court has ruled. Up to 200,000 children were kidnapped and forcibly Germanized during the Nazi ...

Explore how Heinrich Himmler created the Lebensborn program in 1936 to increase births among children deemed racially valuable. This episode reveals the rise of maternity homes across Germany and ...

Between 1935 and 1945, around 10,000 German children and an estimated 9,000 Norwegian children with "Aryan" characteristics of blond hair and blue eyes were born into a Nazi-run programme called ...