Breeding Hate: The Story of the Norwegian Lebensborn Children

dc.contributor.advisorDecker, Hannah S.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGuenther, Irene V.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFishman, Sarah
dc.creatorNilsen, Caroline Elisabeth 1987-
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-01T22:30:41Z
dc.date.available2018-03-01T22:30:41Z
dc.date.createdMay 2013
dc.date.issued2013-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2013
dc.date.updated2018-03-01T22:30:41Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the Nazis’ Lebensborn program as it was implemented in Norway and to trace the post-war consequences for the unwitting children it produced. In so doing, this thesis will particularly concentrate on the roles played by international theories of race “science” and Social Darwinism and the unique characteristics of the Nazi occupation of Norway, and the life stories of the Norwegian Lebensborn children. This study thus situates the Lebensborn program within the context of 19th and 20th century eugenic and racial theory, as well as illustrates its novel characteristics and Himmler’s radical intentions for it. In addition, this thesis presents the first in-depth examination of the Lebensborn program’s wartime ministrations in Norway written in English. Finally, my study adds important new voices of Norwegian Lebensborn children to the historiography of this under-researched topic, deepening our understanding of the challenges they have faced – and continue to face – as a direct result of their half-German wartime parentage.
dc.description.departmentHistory, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/2684
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.subjectNorway
dc.subjectEugenics
dc.subjectLebensborn
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectGermany
dc.subjectPost-war
dc.titleBreeding Hate: The Story of the Norwegian Lebensborn Children
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentHistory, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineEuropean History
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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