"In the context of these thoughts, another order from the Führer is important, which is not put into practice by us, but is carried out by the organization of the army and the entire civil administration. Contraceptives are to be distributed to our soldiers on a large scale so that the conception of children by German soldiers is avoided as much as possible. After all, it is a matter of pure luck whether a soldier meets a girl of good blood or a girl of bad blood, and here too it will be the case that really good blood is less likely to be combined with a man than inferior blood. We have no business in this at all, and I expressly forbid the police from taking any interest in any abortion performed by a Russian or Ukrainian woman."
— Heinrich Himmler
Rede des Reichsführer-SS am 16.September 1942 in der Feldkommandostelle vor den Teilnehmern an der SS- und Polizeiführer-Tagung, einberufen von 4-Obergruppenführer Prützmann, Höherer H- und Polizeiführer Rußland-Süd.