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Fiction featuring Care Experience

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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.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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