This is not at all a rare type of incident here in Canada. I have other personal friends who have had similar things happen to them too, and I have seen it with my very own eyes as I took in a young mother who was fighting to get her baby back. They broke every law trying their hardest to steal that baby from a loving mother.
I would think that it is same in Germany, but more Germans would have to come forward and share their experiences.
Some friends of mine in Canada could NOT believe what was happening, as I walked them through day-by-day what was happening with the young mother that I took into my home and helped. But they had to believe it as everything fell into place -- unless they thought that I had some reason to lie about this, which I do not. Amd anybody who knows me knows that I am not a liar.