Nazi birthing center for female Ostarbeiter, Former maternity facility for Eastern European workers in Brunswick, Germany
This facility was a three-room birthing center on the grounds of Aktien-Ziegelei Brunswick where pregnant women and newborns were housed. The barrack could accommodate roughly 25 to 30 women who received medical care before being sent back to work.
The facility operated from May 1943 to April 1945 as a forced birthing center for Eastern European workers during Nazi Germany. It was part of the regime's system to control the reproduction of forced laborers.
The graves of 149 Polish infants at Hochstrasse Cemetery have been accessible as a memorial site since 2001, documenting the tragic events of this period. Visitors can read the names of the deceased children on the gravestones and learn more about their stories.
The building is located at Broitzemer Strasse 200 in Brunswick and is no longer operating as an active facility. Visitors can find the memorial site at the nearby cemetery to learn more about those buried there.
Mothers were forced to leave their newborns at the facility after eight days, leading some women to break into the building later to retrieve their children. This desperate act reveals the forced separation that the system imposed on mothers and infants.
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