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OverviewHitler’s Forgotten Children is both a harrowing personal memoir and a devastating investigation into the awful crimes and monstrous scope of the Lebensborn program in World War 2. Created by Heinrich Himmler, the Lebensborn program abducted as many as half a million children from across Europe. Through a process called Germanization, they were to become the next generation of the Aryan master race in the second phase of the Final Solution. In the summer of 1942, parents across Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia were required to submit their children to medical checks designed to assess racial purity. One such child, Erika Matko, was nine months old when Nazi doctors declared her fit to be a “Child of Hitler.” Taken to Germany and placed with politically vetted foster parents, Erika was renamed Ingrid von Oelhafen. Many years later, Ingrid began to uncover the truth of her identity. Though the Nazis destroyed many Lebensborn records, Ingrid unearthed rare documents, including Nuremberg trial testimony about her own abduction. Following the evidence back to her place of birth, Ingrid discovered an even more shocking secret: a woman named Erika Matko, who as an infant had been given to Ingrid’s mother as a replacement child. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ingrid von Oelhafen , Tim Tate , Ingrid Von OelhafenPublisher: Dutton Caliber Imprint: Dutton Caliber Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.482kg ISBN: 9780425283325ISBN 10: 0425283321 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 02 February 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsWhat von Oelhafen brings to the story is a personal dimension. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> What von Oelhafen brings to the story is a personal dimension. --Kirkus Reviews What von Oelhafen brings to the story is a personal dimension. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> What von Oelhafen brings to the story is a personal dimension. Kirkus Reviews Author InformationTim Tate is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and bestselling author of nonfiction books, including Slave Girl. His films have been honored by Amnesty International, the Royal Television Society, UNESCO, and the International Documentary Association. Ingrid von Oelhafen (Erika Matko) is a retired physical therapist living in Osnabruck, Germany. For more than twenty years she has been investigating her own extraordinary story and that of Lebensborn. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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