Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoTIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1331arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up136arrow-down2·4 days agoFascists love forcing women to have births and they also love splitting up families.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80·4 days agoApparently, the women volunteered, although there were some who were pressured into it.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·3 days agoMost were pressured. They’d get this dumb medal (sound familiar?) and were stuck with a kid they didn’t want.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 days agoAccording to German Social Theorist, Theodore Adorno, Fathers abdicating responsibility was a big part of Hitler’s rise to power, and part of why he was called Furher.
minus-squareTheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAnd then sending those perfect children off to die in their many wars.
Fascists love forcing women to have births and they also love splitting up families.
Apparently, the women volunteered, although there were some who were pressured into it.
Most were pressured. They’d get this dumb medal (sound familiar?) and were stuck with a kid they didn’t want.
According to German Social Theorist, Theodore Adorno, Fathers abdicating responsibility was a big part of Hitler’s rise to power, and part of why he was called Furher.
And then sending those perfect children off to die in their many wars.