Kidnapping Children
But the desire for Aryan children didn’t stop within the borders of Germany.
Nazi soldiers traveled to surrounding countries and began kidnapping children who were “Aryan-looking” and then brought them to Germany to start the “Germanization” process.
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Categorizing The Children
The Nazi soldiers abducted children from all over Europe.
Once they returned to Germany, the children fell into three different categories – desired, acceptable and undesired. During the Lebensborn policy, approximately 400,000 children were kidnapped in Europe.