We are all aware of the Nazi eugenics programs. What we aren’t aware
of are the chilling comparisons between the Nazi Lebensborn program and
contemporary American Child Protective Services (CPS) programs. Simplistically,
it can be described as follows: In the U.S. parens patriae is the
legal principle used to justify state sanctioned kidnapping of children
from their families in order to ‘protect’ them. In Nazi Germany,
the Lebensborn program was legally used to justify the kidnapping of ‘Aryan’
looking children from occupied territories to be Germanized’; to be raised
as good Germans (younger children) or designated as breeders for the German
race - to produce 2 - 3 racially pure children then be killed (older children).
But, in reality, the comparison is more complicated - and more horrifying
- than that.
PARENS PATRIAE is a legal term in American law that is defined as - The right of the government to take care of minors and others who cannot legally take care of themselves.
In a Nazi booklet published by SS Gruppenführer Rediess, The SS for Greater Germany - with Sword and Cradle, speaking about the recently Nazi occupied country of Denmark as it related to the Lebensborn program, the German position is stated as, “This people is a Germanic people, and hence it is our duty to educate its children and young people and to make the Norwegians a Nordic people again as we understand the term.”
The similarity between these two principles is that a government has assumed a certain authority, either by law or by fiat, over the population. This authority can be as extensive or limited as the government chooses and as the population will endure. In both stated instances, the governments assumed authority over children.
Nazis and CPS by Suzanne Shell
Pseudo-Sciences
Legalizing Kidnapping Of Children
Turning Children Against Their Parents
Social Work
Abuse In State Custody
Throw away Children
Returning Children Home
Evaluating The System
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*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only* Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
PARENS PATRIAE is a legal term in American law that is defined as - The right of the government to take care of minors and others who cannot legally take care of themselves.
In a Nazi booklet published by SS Gruppenführer Rediess, The SS for Greater Germany - with Sword and Cradle, speaking about the recently Nazi occupied country of Denmark as it related to the Lebensborn program, the German position is stated as, “This people is a Germanic people, and hence it is our duty to educate its children and young people and to make the Norwegians a Nordic people again as we understand the term.”
The similarity between these two principles is that a government has assumed a certain authority, either by law or by fiat, over the population. This authority can be as extensive or limited as the government chooses and as the population will endure. In both stated instances, the governments assumed authority over children.
Nazis and CPS by Suzanne Shell
Pseudo-Sciences
Legalizing Kidnapping Of Children
Turning Children Against Their Parents
Social Work
Abuse In State Custody
Throw away Children
Returning Children Home
Evaluating The System
*
*The posts made in this blog are of our opinion only* Without Prejudice UCC 1-207
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