TIL that Germany ran a program where they deliberately paired orphans with pedophiles on the theory that someone sexually attracted to them would take better care of them

https://feddit.uk/post/45689003

TIL that Germany ran a program where they deliberately paired orphans with pedophiles on the theory that someone sexually attracted to them would take better care of them - Feddit UK

Lemmy

For those looking for a source that doesn’t require a subscription: www.dw.com/en/…/a-53814208
Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles

The 'Kentler Project' in West Berlin routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster parents. A study has found the practice went on for decades.

Deutsche Welle
Behind the Bastards also did a great series on it

“The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do.”

iheart.com/…/part-one-the-darkest-episode-we-will…

Part One: The Darkest Episode We Will Ever Do - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

<p>Robert weaves a hideous story for Margaret, about how post-war Germans started out trying to make Nazism impossible and wound up harming generations of poor children.</p><p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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This could have been a 30 minute conversation.
I recognize that my inability to listen to random people yap is my own problem, but get to the point.

If that’s a problem for you then Behind the Bastards is not for you.

I’d say that the aim of the podcast is not to document the events in question (that information could always be found elsewhere) but to document the back story behind the events in detail.

That not necessarily the problem. I’m the type to watch the multi-hour retrospectives about videogames.
The problem is all the off-topic chitchat.
I love Behind the Bastards, actually pretty much anything by Robert Evans, but I stopped listening for this exact reason.