Local author Jennifer Coburn shines a light into a dark period of history. Her new novel, “Cradles of the Reich,” exposes an abstruse Nazi program, the Lebensborn Society. “It was a breeding program ...

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — For most of his 77 years, Cardiff resident John Gundersen had a firm grasp on his life story, at least from age 2, when his adoptive parents collected him from a Norwegian ...

WERNIGERODE, Germany – Folker Heinicke always had the feeling that something about his upbringing just wasn’t right. Being raised in a German home full of wealth and privilege did not dull his notions ...

WERNIGERODE, Germany, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Thousands of Germans conceived under the Nazi Lebensborn program are trying to come to terms with their heritage. S.S. chief Heinrich Himmler promoted the program ...

BERLIN -- For decades they suffered in silence, aging Germans who as children were selected by the Nazis for their Aryan qualities and handed over to SS families. Collectively known as "Lebensborn ...

Not many of us remember much from the first few years of our lives, but with thanks to parents, family and friends with good memories, not to mention plenty of baby photographs, the majority of us are ...