Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2019, 2(2):81-91 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2019.016

EXPERIMENT LEBENSBORN

Zdeňka Římovská¹, Kamil Janiš²

¹ Ústav ošetřovatelství, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, Slezská univerzita v Opavě

² Ústav pedagogických a psychologických věd, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, Slezská univerzita v Opavě

At the beginning of the last century, especially in Germany, the concept of racial policy, supported by the corresponding Nuremberg laws, developed. As a result of human losses on the battlefields of World War II, the so-called Lebensborn began to emerge, where children of purely Aryan lynx were born programmatically. Lebensborn was dotted almost all over Europe, including the Czech Republic. After the war, these children had great mental and social problems.

Aim: The aim of the article was to process information about the LEBENSBORN experiment from Czech and foreign sources.

Method: Analysis of documents and data was chosen for data collection.

Results and discussion: Based on data collection and document analysis, facts from Germany, the Czech Republic and other countries were summarized.

Conclusion: The historical experience of “Lebensborn” and its associated racial hygiene projects, including all war crimes committed by the Nazi regime, warn all people of different skin colors, religion and all other differences. As much as hatred can lead to who is different from me. It is also a warning against what purposes science can be used and what practice science and scientific theories can justify.

Keywords: eugenics, Nuremberg Laws, H. Himmler, Lebensborn

Received: December 4, 2019; Revised: December 14, 2019; Accepted: January 21, 2020; Published: April 7, 2020  Show citation