Exercises on the Lebensborn Nazi Program

It is known that during the period when the Nazis were in power in Germany, a series of atrocities were committed against other peoples, especially the Jews. The ideology of Aryan racial superiority guided these actions. In this context, the Lebensborn (“Fountain of Life”) played a leading role. This program aimed to:

a) the genetic mix between Jews and Aryans.

b) the construction of concentration camps only for Jewish children.

c) the kidnapping of black children for sexual experiments.

d) the kidnapping of children of other peoples and nationalities who fit the Aryan standard.

e) the creation of military training centers for Slavic children.

The idea of ​​creating the Lebensborn Program departed from the head of the Nazi special forces (the SS), Heirinch Himmler, at the time when:

a) was in the United States in 1940 and saw a similar program developed by the Americans.

b) noticed the low percentage of young people in Germany, a fact that needed to be circumvented.

c) traveled through Poland, occupied by Nazi troops, in 1939, and found the presence of children similar to Germanic ones.

d) toured the Soviet Union and realized the possibility of appropriation of Slavic children, displacing them from their homes in their hometowns.

e) Adolf Hitler was on the verge of death and a background was needed to put Nazi ideology into practice.

The primordial idea that underpinned the creation of the Lebensborn was:

a) the idea of ​​“child soldiers”.

b) the idea of ​​“the blood of the future”.

c) the idea of ​​creating athletic children capable of competing and winning the Olympics.

d) the idea of ​​teaching the basics of civility to children of other nations.

e) the idea of ​​treating the physical and mental health of children from other nations.

Places for Lebensborn experiments were called:

a) Kinderanger

b) Afrika Korps

c) Division Panzer

d) Division of “Joy”

e) Gestapo

Letter D

The Lebensborn consisted of the abduction and confinement of children from other nations, such as Poland, Finland and Norway, with the aim of creating new generations with improved genetics that would match the standard of the Aryan (white) race.

Letter C

H. Himmler, the head of the SS, put into practice a yearning that already existed among high-ranking Nazi officials. The idea came to light when, while traveling through German-occupied Poland in 1939, Himmler saw children with blue eyes, tall and with features similar to those of German children.

Letter B

The main idea of ​​Lebensborn it was the “blood of the future”, that is, the kidnapped children would be taken to concentration camps specialized in sexual reproduction and genetics. The objective was to establish techniques for “genetic improvement” of races considered “inferior” by the Nazis.

Letter A

The concentration camps for children were called Kinderanger and they had a vast team dedicated to sexual experiments, such as doctors, nurses, cooks, etc.