NetGalley
Source books, Landmark
Historical fiction, women, digital, arc, WWII, holocaust
320 pages
7/17/23-7/18/23
This story is based on untold historical events inside the Lebensborn Society maternity homes that existed during WWII. They had a "Program" to ensure that the German race is preserved and raised by good German families. Three women find themselves in precarious situations while trying to protect themselves and their unborn baby. Gundi Schiller is a university student who is pregnant and trying to keep the real identity of the father a secret as he is Jewish. Hilde Kramer is 18 years old who wants to be an actress but feels that her best chance for a good life is getting pregnant by a Nazi officer. She thinks that getting pregnant by high ranking Werner will secure a place within the regime. She happens to meet Gundi on the maternity ward. Irma is an older woman who works as a nurse who lives in a boarding house and engaged to Eduard who seems to be stalling moving forward with getting married. This is a view into the dark time in history where babies were being separated from their mothers due to their ethnicity.
Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks/Landmark for providing this book to me for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.
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