133:, the Danish minister for social affairs, refused to apologise. She said the "government cannot apologize for something that happened so many years ago", while also acknowledging that the report was accurate, and that the conditions of the children's homes were substandard. In response to Kiær's refusal to apologise in either her initial statements or in a parliamentary hearing, the Godhavn boys threatened to start a lawsuit against the government.
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The report was published on 9 May 2011, concurrently with an exhibition for the Danish welfare museum. The report validated the claims of the
Godhavn boys, saying residents of Danish children's homes were subjected to abuse and experimental medication, as well as saying the government had little
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was released on Danish television. The documentary alleged that occupants of the
Godhavn Boys' Home, a children's home run by the Danish government, were subjected to cruel living conditions. It suggested that a psychiatrist working at the home, Ib Ostenfeld, had tested drugs on the children;
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children's homes between 1945 and 1976. After a documentary was released in 2005 alleging abuse in children's homes, a group of survivors lobbied for the
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Boys' Home, it ultimately investigated 19 homes from 1945 to 1976. It included the testimony of 85 caregivers and 14 staff members of children's homes.
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