#11: Family Separation in the GDR: Journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder Regina Labahn (ENG)

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Separated by Force: Afstandsmoeders in the Netherlands

Broadcast Amsterdam

19 episodes

8 months ago

Between 1956 and 1984, thousands of unmarried, pregnant women in the Netherlands were forced to give their babies away. This podcast discovers this dark chapter of Dutch history by hearing the experience of the women as well as the children. Furthermore, legal experts and historians will explain the social situation during that time in order to give attention to the injustice that has been done to Dutch women and their children for decades.

Please support us by listening and sharing this podcast - so the afstandsmoeders and children can finally get the justice they deserve.

Producer and presented by Sarah Tekath
Production partner: Stichting Broadcast Amsterdam (https://broadcastamsterdam.nl)

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#11: Family Separation in the GDR: Journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder Regina Labahn (ENG)

Separated by Force: Afstandsmoeders in the Netherlands

33 minutes

4 years ago

#11: Family Separation in the GDR: Journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder Regina Labahn (ENG)

'Children were always political in the GDR'. In this episode, journalist Anne Klesse and Afstandsmoeder and activist Regina Labahn talk about the politically legitimized system in the GDR, families who were not loyal to the system, taking their children away and instead giving them to families loyal to the system.
Anne Klesse researched GDR children for the Berliner Morgenpost in 2009 and interviewed numerous victims. Regina Labahn was imprisoned as a political prisoner in the Hoheneck women's penitentiary for many years, while her children remained in children's homes. Today Regina Labahn is a member of the women's group of the former Hoheneckerinnen, which advocates the concerns of the former prisoners and the coming to terms with the second German dictatorship.
Website organisation of women previously imprisoned in Hoheneck: http://www.frauenkreis-hoheneckerinnen.de/

Special thanks for the voice-over to Martina Novak: https://www.martinan.com/

Produced by Sarah Tekath in collaboration with Broadcast Amsterdam
More information: https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/shows/separated-by-force/

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