Info on Lebensborn Armbands

[Michael Fay]

convoluted and contentious

In all seriousness, but still not much help:
When it comes to any Lebensborn purported item be more skeptical than ever.
This is a contentious theme in collecting.
For one reason, little is really well known.
Another: the collecting world refrains from reading scholarly works (only a few of them anyway)
Another: Himmler knew well enough to keep this institution quiet and not have it written up about much.

Another: The conquering nations made a giant propaganda operation on this topic ala "SS stud farm" and the SS vets denounced it all as untrue. (I personally suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle )

and to confuse the issue even more: there was a Lebensborn organization /movement that was pre- overt nazi or SS involvement that may have nothing to do with the SS sponsored one.

[Hundestaffel]

Years ago, I was able to obtain a superb Lebensborn Photograph Album (now long gone from my collection), this compiled and kept by one of the Nurses. Wonderful photos of SS Officers with their "wives" (??) and newborns. I recall very clearly that the Nurses wore standard Red Cross armbands with a small (black) ink authorization / property stamp of the specific Lebensborn home they were assigned to.....no flashy "SS" runes, "It's a Boy !!!" T-shirts or "stains" of any type were to be seen...


"Hundestaffel"

[Dr. Strangelove]

Hunden

I told you Armbands were worn in these SS Baby Factories!

[ErichS]

I told you Armbands were worn in these SS Baby Factories!

That's a cool period photo of Lebensborn head Max Sollmann Doctor!laugh:

[Pieter Verbruggen]

Those are not "Tea Stains" on my old towels.........

...YES THEY ARE...as black people where not allowed to take part in the Lebensborn program...
Pieter.

[John T]

(edit) as it is a subject that interest me greatly I have extensively researched this very rare item.

(edit) every Shot must count.

(edit) I believe good seed should never be wasted or spilled.

Dr. StrangeL researching a breeding program,

[Dr. Strangelove]

Forschung

...YES THEY ARE...as black people where not allowed to take part in the Lebensborn program...
Pieter.

You were not privy to Einheit 11 !

[John T]

Gary, hey what ya doing now...

[Dr. Strangelove]

Cash Money

Is that the one that made Cash Money selling pictures to the Press of him after he was dead? WHATCHATALKINGBOUT WILLIS!

[John T]

I loved that little guy, yeah she is the one...

[Pieter Verbruggen]

I loved that little guy, yeah she is the one...

...I prefer her...
Pieter.

[ErichS]

...I prefer her...
Pieter.

Ah, an actual Lebensborn girl!

[J. Wraith]

Ah, an actual Lebensborn girl!

Actually, I think that is a post war ABBA singer?

[NickG]

Actually, I think that is a post war ABBA singer?

yep! and she was born in 1950 in Sweden! Post war singer AND post war born!
Boy this thread is all over the place!
Anyway any artifact related to this German "baby factory" organization I would not touch with a 10 foot pole! Run!

[J. Wraith]

yep! and she was born in 1950 in Sweden! Post war singer and post war born!

I thought so, she was quite the hot one and remember them well.