The Dark Legacy of the Lebensborn Program in Norway’s History
During the German occupation of Norway in World War II, the Nazis implemented a eugenics program known as Lebensborn, to increase the number of “racially pure” children in Germany and other countries. The program focused on encouraging Norwegian women to have children with German soldiers and SS officers and provided support for unmarried mothers and their children. However, the program had far-reaching consequences that would impact families and communities for generations to come.
Targeting Norwegian Women of “Good Breeding”
The Lebensborn program in Norway began in 1940 when the Germans occupied the country. The program targeted Norwegian women who were deemed to be of “good breeding” according to Nazi standards, and many were encouraged or even coerced into having children with German soldiers. The children who were born as a result of the program were seen as valuable to the Nazi regime, as they were considered to be “racially pure” and thus of superior genetic stock.
German Women Carrying Children On An Alleged Aryan Purity In A Lebensborn, Selection Center Births By Methods Eugenicists During The Second World War.
Support for Unmarried Mothers and Their Children
The Lebensborn program offered support for unmarried mothers and their children, which was a significant incentive for some Norwegian women to participate in the program. The support included financial assistance, medical care, and other resources that were not widely available in Norway at the time. The program also offered the possibility of adoption by German families, which some women saw as a way to secure a better future for their children.
Stigma and Discrimination Against Children of the Lebensborn Program
After the war, the children who were born as a result of the Lebensborn program faced significant stigma and discrimination in Norway. Many were viewed as traitors or collaborators and were shunned by their communities. The children often struggled to come to terms with their identities and family histories, as they were caught between two cultures and had to navigate complex family dynamics. The legacy of the Lebensborn program has had a lasting impact on the children and their families, as well as on Norwegian society as a whole.
Frida Lyngstad: From the Lebensborn Program
Frida Lyngstad, also known as Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was born in Bjørkåsen, Norway in 1945, towards the end of World War II. She is one of many children who were born as a result of the Lebensborn program that was implemented by the Nazis during their occupation of Norway.
Frida Lyngstad later became famous as one of the singers in the Swedish pop group ABBA, which was formed in 1972. She was known for her powerful voice and her striking appearance, which included her trademark dark hair. Along with the other members of ABBA, Frida achieved worldwide success with hits such as “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” and “Waterloo.”
German Parents With A German Allegedly Aryan Girl Born In A Lebensborn: Center Of Eugenics During The Second World War. The Father Wears A Uniform Of The German Army.
Acknowledging and Confronting the Legacy of the Lebensborn Program
In recent years, there have been efforts in Norway and other countries to acknowledge the history of the Lebensborn program and to provide support to those who were affected by it. In Norway, there have been official apologies and reparations for the families of the children who were born as a result of the program. There have also been efforts to raise awareness about the program and its impact on families and communities, to promote healing and reconciliation.
The Dark History of Nazi Eugenics in Norway
The Lebensborn program in Norway is a dark chapter in the country’s history, and a reminder of the devastating impact of Nazi ideology on individuals and communities. The program targeted Norwegian women of “good breeding,” and encouraged them to have children with German soldiers and SS officers. While the program offered support for unmarried mothers and their children, the children who were born as a result of the program faced significant stigma and discrimination after the war. Today, there are efforts to acknowledge and confront the legacy of the program, to promote healing and reconciliation for those who were affected.
Inge Viermetz, the only woman defendant being tried before Tribune 1 in the RuSHA Nuremberg Trials, stands up to plead ‘not guilty’ to be responsible for the Lebensborn in Nazi Germany, October 23rd, 1947.
To whom it may concern:
Don’t shoot this feeble messenger but just wherein does one think Hitler ever acquired even this idea too? Even about those Lebensborn? Is it also not written in the Scriptures wherein that Benjamin had to go steal women right from another tribe”? Why else? Because none of those other remnant tribes would give him their daughters unto any tribal wedlock! Now that is another story~ furtheer all about that Nimrod Benjamin Thrig too. To which I’d definitely have that greatest of understandable desire just to gain a further comprehension all about? If it were me! Yea even then wouldn’t I begin to more clearly even further to understand? Even all about that other Jaeger Sa Haduna/ Hadutha too? And even also that Lamia E shidlam Photiphar quagmire pot too? Second when Hitler applied all those~~ all his other deeds and ways weren’t they actually already perverted right on up instead of too. Yea Out of sink! Incorrectly applied. Taken over in error? And so forth. Yes because these ways were also quite inherently set beneath those other Bablyonian and even those Phoenician perspectives leastwise as well. Thence aren’t ever/can’t ever/ won’t ever continue to work correctly either! Hence I’d just say he definitely still yet was right. But he definitely was not at all correct! Even as there is only but two correctly applied appropriation deserving kindred separations too! My very last question to all women still yet living right upon this very planet would be: howbeit one definitely does guard the most concerning that which is definitely going to actually less harmfully hurt them that very least. While on the other hand they freely and limitlessness have no guard whatsoever at all against that which is definitely~~ finally just going to make a horrendous way to utterly obliterate them the most?
To whom it may concern:
Might one realize, that had Hitler one the war, thence all those Lebensborn would have been the new chosen ones. Yea they would have wanted for nothing at all! Hence others, who worked so very hard for them instead of just to be those chosen ones, just weren’t about to let that ever happen. Don’t believe me? Then even just ask those appointed four dread g-ds leastwise!