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Why Did Nazi Germany Kidnap Children in Occupied Poland? The Nazi regime kidnapped hundreds of Polish children to raise them as sons and daughters of the Third Reich. Here s What You Need to Know: Adolf Hitler’s theft of Polish children is one of the “blackest page[s] in the annals of humanity.” In the summer of 1943, Malgorzata Twardecki, a single mother living in Nazi-occupied Poland, received an ominous order to bring her five-year-old son to the local town council office by 6 the following morning. He was to be sent on a holiday to improve his “health.” Malgorzata’s son, Alojzy, had blond hair and blue eyes. When Twardecki refused to obey the order, the military police arrived and took the young boy to the district office where he, along with other village children with similar characteristics, were led by Schutzstaffel (“SS”) officers to the local train station. Without being told where her son was being sent, Malgorzata watched the train leave ....