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Ocelot II

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3. The Nazis had a program called "Lebensborn."

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:11 PM

Jan 13

It was created in 1935 as a remedy for Germany's decreasing birth rate and to increase the number of "racially pure" citizens. The Cross of Honour of the German Mother was given to the women who bore the most Aryan children. Is that where this is going?

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