Even as the Third Reich insisted on the need for more Lebensraum — living space — for the German people, the regime vigorously sought to expand its population. The SS-run Lebensborn program honored ...

This column is adapted from Angeniet Berkers’ photo book “Lebensborn — Birth Politics in the Third Reich.” In wartime, it is difficult to think in terms less polarizing than good and bad, guilt and ...

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 ...

Discover the aftermath of the Lebensborn program as the Third Reich collapsed. Children born under its care faced confusion, secrecy, and stigma, while the true purpose of the program remained ...

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 ...

OSLO -- Gathered at the Royal Christiania Hotel overlooking rain-swept Oslo, the men and women with their name tags and windbreakers could pass for a perfectly ordinary party of over-sixties on an ...

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 ...

Folker Heinicke always had the feeling that something about his upbringing just wasn’t right. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.