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Nazi policy encouraged racially "acceptable" couples to have as many children as possible. [LCID: 79882]
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Nazi policy encouraged racially "acceptable" couples to have as many children as possible

Nazi policy encouraged racially "acceptable" couples to have as many children as possible. Because of the number of children in this Nazi Party official's family, the mother earned the "Mother's Cross." Germany, date uncertain.

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Nazi Party women Germany eugenics children
  • DIZ Muenchen GMBH, Sueddeutscher Verlag Bilderdienst
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