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Also known as Lebensborn eingetragener Verein, Lebensborn association, Lebensborn society

Lebensborn e.V. IPA : [ˈleɪbənzˌbɔːrn], German : [ˈleːbənsˌbɔʁn] (literally: "Fount of Life") was a secret, SS-initiated, state-registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "healthy" Aryans, based on Nazi eugenics (also called "racial hygiene" by some eugenicists). Lebensborn was established by Heinrich Himmler, and provided welfare to its mostly unmarried mothers, encouraged anonymous births by unmarried women at their maternity homes, and mediated adoption of children by likewise "racia

Key facts

Organization.name
Lebensborn e.V.
Organization.image
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-010-11, Schwester in einem Lebensbornheim.jpg
Organization.caption
A Lebensborn birth house
Organization.founder
Heinrich Himmler
Organization.dissolved
1945
Organization.headquarters
Munich, Germany
Organization.membership
8,000 (1939)

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-010-11, Schwester in einem Lebensbornheim.jpg
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Lebensborn
inception
1935-12-12
director / manager
Heinrich Himmler
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1945-00-00
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