
Cradles of the Reich
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Natasha Soudek
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By:
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Jennifer Coburn
Three women, a nation seduced by a madman, and the Nazi breeding program to create a so-called master race
At Heim Hochland, a Nazi breeding home in Bavaria, three women’s fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a pregnant university student from Berlin. An Aryan beauty, she’s secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde, only eighteen, is a true believer in the cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official’s child. And Irma, a forty-four-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 us intimately inside the Lebensborn Society maternity homes that actually existed in several countries during World War II, where thousands of “racially fit” babies were bred and 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.
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I feel like this book for tells what is happening in the USA today
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Gripping
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A dark segment of history
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Drop off ending to an otherwise good read
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this book was wrotten and spoke in a way to peek ones interest and make one want to continue the book.
the actor sharing the story was a great story teller! i am so glad I found this book.yes, women can do more than one might think she can. an shocking yet interesting, informative, historical fiction book. i recommend highly!
a must read
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A Disturbing must read
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Hood listen
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Excellent story
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perfection.
The three main characters each open a window into the psyche of the German people during the Nazi reign. Each are relatable, in their own way, and have fascinating story arcs.
The narrator was well chosen, and makes the story seem even more authentic.
Thank you, Jennifer Coburn, for this compelling tale. I flew through it in two days.
Not to be missed
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There is much in this story that is relevant today such as the use of propaganda to shape public perception of the “other” and denigration of the free press as the “lying press”. The treatment of and propaganda created role of women of this era as pawns of powerful men and the state was reminiscent of a Margaret Atwood novel. The historical parallels gave me food for thought and a few chills as well.
I found the story compelling, and appreciated the use of individual chapters to tell the story of each woman. However, the character development was uneven. Hilda’s story particularly was disjointed and seemed unconnected to the main theme: Gundi’s dilemma of finding herself unwed, pregnant from a Jewish lover, and placed into a Nazi home for pregnant women. Placing Hilda so centrally in the novel detracts from the development and interconnection of the two main characters, Gundi and Irma. Hilda is really a distraction. I found myself wondering why the back story of the resistance nurse who rescues Gundi was not front and center and Hilda a minor plot figure.
Over all I couldn’t stop listening, the reader was great, and would recommend the book to anyone with an interest in Nazi culture, Nazi master plan and the theory of eugenics that was so prevalent in the first half of the 20th century.
Hidden history
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