The kidnapping campaign of Nazi Germany | DW Documentary

Summary by Krater

This documentary examines the Nazi policy of kidnapping and forcibly germanizing children from occupied Poland during World War II, following survivors as they search for their roots.

From the video

Answers: What happened to the children kidnapped and germanized by Nazi Germany during World War II?

• Nazi kidnapping and germanization of Polish children
• Lebensborn organization
• Reichsgau Wartheland
• Heinrich Himmler's racial policies
• Survivors searching for family origins
• Compensation claims for victims of Nazi persecution

What it concludes

• Nazi Germany systematically kidnapped and germanized an estimated 20,000 children from Poland between 1941 and 1945.
• The Nuremberg trials classified Lebensborn children's homes as purely charitable organizations and acquitted defendants of kidnapping charges.
• German courts have repeatedly ruled against compensation claims for victims of the Nazi kidnapping campaign, treating the actions as general collateral damage of war.