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In Nazi-occupied Scandinavia, maternity centers were set up to collect Nordic Aryan characteristics and then send infants to Germany in order to improve the genetic makeup of the German population.

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In Nazi-occupied Scandinavia, maternity centers were set up to collect Nordic “Aryan” characteristics and then send infants to Germany in order to “improve” the genetic makeup of the German population.

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