"The Impact of the Lebensborn Program on European Immigration Relations" — The Onero Institute
https://www.oneroinstitute.org/content/impact-lebensborn-program-european-immigration-relations
"A country that is notorious for its treatment of women who had relationships with German men or SS officials, especially as a result of this program, is Norway. Norway had been invaded by Germany in 1940, despite being neutral, and thousands of young Norwegian women had intimate relationships with German soldiers there. Himmler especially encouraged the impregnation of these women, as Norwegians were thought to be an excellent contribution to the Aryan race. When the war ended, these women were nicknamed “German Girls” and many were stripped of certain civil rights, expelled from Norway, or imprisoned. Even the children who were born from the relationship were sometimes targeted by being placed in institutions, removed from their mothers’ care, or other cruel vengeances. They were coined “children of shame”. These institutions that they were sent to were often lunatic asylums, where they were heavily mistreated and abused, including instances where they were locked in rooms and tied to beds. After a series of lawsuits in 2001, Norway has since made an official apology to these women, but only recently."
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