Hitler wrote his book "Mein Kampf" while he was in jail after attempting to start a riot at a bar in Munich, Germany. The words "Mein Kampf" directly translates to "My struggles" in English. As one can tell by the title of the book, Hitler talks about his struggles throughout his life but he also talks about his ideas on what the world should look like. One of his main thoughts that is talked about throughout the entire book was what he called the Aryan race. The Aryan race, according to Hitler, are "founders of culture" and the "perfect" or "ideal" race. Hitler was hoping that by the end of WWII, the Aryan race would have taken over. 

Becoming a SS (Reichsfuhrer of the Schutzstaffel) solider, or a body guard for high ranking officials within the Nazi party, helped Himmler gain more power than he already did. He was now near the leaders of the Nazi program and hearing their plans and ideas at all times. After successfully moving up the ranks Himmler was finally able to speak on his ideas, one of them being the Lebensborn program. Jason Dawsey, a historian working with The National WWII Museum of New Orleans, quotes Himmler in his speech from October 1943: "whatever good blood of our kind exists in these people, we should take by stealing the children, if necessary, and raising them ourselves." Kidnapping Children from Polland and other countries was one of the many ways that the Lebensborn program functioned, truly showing that Himmler was willing to do anything to get the Aryan race.