Ingrid von Oelhafen

Ingrid von Oelhafen is a former physical therapist who was born Erika Matko in Yugoslavia in 1942. As an infant, she was taken from her parents as part of the Nazi Lebensborn program, which aimed to increase the number of 'racially pure' Aryan children. Her identity was erased, and she was renamed Ingrid von Oelhafen and placed with politically vetted foster parents in Germany. After the war, she began a decades-long search for her true identity, uncovering the full scope of the Lebensborn program, including the kidnapping of many children and the murder of those deemed 'substandard.' Her story is detailed in the book 'Hitler's Forgotten Children,' co-authored with Tim Tate. She now works to bring attention to the victims of the Lebensborn project.