Lebensborn papers
Extent and Medium
oversize box
1
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
The papers were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 from Hanseatisches Auktionhaus für Historica.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of books, pamphlets, photographs, and other documents relating to the Lebensborn program in Nazi Germany which encouraged the birth rate among "racially pure" Germans.
Subjects
- Children of Nazis.
- Eugenics--Germany--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories.
- World War, 1939-1945--Children.
Genre
- Permits.
- Place cards.
- Pamphlets.
- Identification cards.
- Posters.
- Photographs.
- Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.