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GCSE History · key term
A programme established by Heinrich Himmler in 1935 to support births and mothers who met Nazi racial criteria, including unmarried mothers.
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Paper 3
Revise: Policies Towards WomenIn 1935, SS leader Heinrich Himmler established the Lebensborn programme. It encouraged births among people who met Nazi racial criteria and provided special homes supporting mothers and babies, including unmarried mothers. Women were encouraged to have children with SS men regarded by the regime as racially suitable.
Paper 3
An SS programme established in 1935 to support the birth of children whom the Nazis considered racially desirable, including through maternity homes.
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The Lebensborn programme, founded by SS leader Heinrich Himmler in 1935, supported births that the Nazis considered racially desirable. It included special maternity homes and applied ancestry requirements. It was not general support for all mothers: it served the regime's racial ideology.