Gabriele Stangl is a warm-hearted and energetic woman who has helped countless women and families in great need. As a chaplain at the Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin-Zehlendorf, she has accompanied pregnant women who had no support or care, and who were desperate and completely on their own. And whom she had previously had to turn away. Deeply shocking are reports of abandoned or killed babies. On the other hand, only a few people know what hardships the mother and the unborn child experience beforehand. Against this background, Gabriele Stangl and a dedicated team of supporters launched the world's first baby hatch in a clinic in 2000. At last, mothers were able to place their children in safe hands when they knew no way out. Read about the fates of the children that Gabriele Stangl was able to place and accompany in good care, despite much resistance from the authorities and politics. How were the children able to find out about their origin, about their birth mother? And how did this influence their lives with their later family and their heart mothers? Emotionally gripping, this book outlines energetic support for the weakest and neediest in our society.
Herzenskinder. The book will be available from 13.03.2023, published by adeo.
There will be an interview about the book on German TV: 3nach9 on March 24 and also available in the ARD Mediathek.
Children of the Heart
A book about the World’s first Baby Hatch