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Nazi Germanisation of Children

The Nazis selected children for Germanisation through racialized screening and removed many children from families in occupied territories to be re-educated, adopted or otherwise disposed of according to those tests.

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How were children selected for Germanisation during Nazi occupation and what records document their fates?

The Nazis selected children for Germanisation through racialized screening—physical, medical and genealogical tests administered by SS and state authorities—and removed many children from families in ...