Cradles of the Reich

A Novel

De: Jennifer Coburn

Narrado por: Natasha Soudek

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.

©2022 Jennifer Coburn (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

A dark segment of history

This book is written in such a way that you develop attachment to characters as you learn about another dark truth of Nazi practices. It is a very well written book, but difficult to read due to the emotions that are stirred. I feel we are obligated to learn history to hopefully prevent repeating it. Historical fiction is a method that allows the reader to develop relationships with the characters while learning about a particular place and time. This author did this very well and the author’s note at the end is just as telling.

Gripping

Grabs the reader immediately. Couldn’t put it down. I had no idea about this society

I feel like this book for tells what is happening in the USA today

Love ❤️ the book, extremely well written. very well written about how men treat and believe it's appropriate to treat women.

Great story

The story was great, but the ending felt unfinished. There were a lot of big characters that didn’t really have an ending.

Drop off ending to an otherwise good read

I liked this book overall, though some of the character development was a little lacking. My biggest reason for taking off a star was that the ending drops off - I was shocked to be at the end of the book because SURELY there was another chapter or three...

a must read

i learned so much about a time in history I had never heard of. ...even at my age of 60 years young!
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 Disturbing must read

We can never let this happen again. Cannot be just Words. We all have a duty to guard against it

Hood listen

I love historical books. This is my favorite era to read about. The performance was good and the story was good. Made you want to know what happens to the characters

Excellent story

An enlightening and moving story which is true and hard to believe as are most important books about the Nazis.

Not to be missed

This is a story that needed to be told. While the market may be saturated with stories of the Third Reich, this is a women's story. This is a story of another shocking, secret Nazi program of life, on the edges of a society preoccupied with a painfully skewed idea of
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.