'I never imagined my father was a Nazi': Born in a German-run 'baby factory'

The children, including Édith Pagot, were transported to Commercy in eastern France in 1946. Some of these infants had been born in Nazi-run 'Lebensborn' maternity homes, which were established to promote Aryan purity.

Pagot only discovered the truth about her father being a Nazi much later in life. The post-war relocation of these children remains a little-known chapter of European history.

The Lebensborn program, part of Nazi racial ideology, aimed to increase the birth rate of 'racially pure' Aryan children. Many of these children were placed with German families or institutions during the war.