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Cradles of the Reich

Jennifer Coburn

2022

Cradles of the Reich (2022) by American writer Jennifer Coburn is historical fiction focusing on the Nazi Lebensborn Program.
The novel follows 3 women who meet at one of the Lebensborn maternity homes, Heim Hochland.
Gundi is a member of the resistance & is pregnant, as is Hilde. Irma is a nurse working at Heim Hochland.
Although fictional, Cradles of the Reich takes up the topic of the Lebensborn Program maternity homes, a topic not much covered in literature.

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