01812cam a2200265 4500 605905587 TxAuBib 20221025120000.0 220308s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022011067 9781728250748 HRD 27.99 1728250749 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib Coburn, Jennifer, 1966- Cradles of the Reich [BOOK] : a novel / Jennifer Coburn. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2022] 305 pages ; 24 cm. "At Heim Hochland, a Nazi sanctioned maternity home in Bavaria, three women's fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a pregnant student from Berlin-an Aryan beauty, she's secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde, only 18, is a true believer inthe cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official's child. And Irma, a 44-year-old nurse, is desperate to build a new life for herself after personal devastation. All three have everything to lose. Based on untold historical events, this novel brings usintimately inside the women's homes that actually existed in several countries during World War II, when thousands of babies were taken from their mothers to be raised as part of the new Germany. But it proves that in a dark period of history, the connections women forge can carry us through, even driving us to heroism we didn't know we had within us"-- Provided by publisher. 20221025. World War, 1939-1945 Women Germany Bavaria. Eugenics Germany History 20th century Fiction. Pregnant women Fiction. Anti-Nazi movement Germany Fiction. Historical fiction.