Mixed Races
When Germany fell against the Allies at the close of World War I, international peacekeeping forces mobilized the Rhineland. One such group of peacekeepers was made up of African troops operating for the French colonial army.
Mixed Races
As a result of their presence, German women engaged with the African soldiers, resulting in the birth of hundreds of mixed-race babies born out of wedlock. The Nazis called these babies “tainted blood” and ordered the sterilization of such people so that they could not reproduce.
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Destroying The Evidence
On May 8th, 1945, Hitler committed suicide as the Allies were laying siege to the city of Berlin.
Destroying The Evidence
Around the same time, orders were passed down to destroy the records of the kidnappings. Because of this last push to destroy evidence of the crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis, the exact number of abducted children remains unknown.
