Goodbye in heaven

The racial madness of the Nazis did not spare children either. Since 1938, the children of Sinti and Roma have had their parents taken away and deported as forced laborers to concentration camps. The children are declared "orphans" and placed in the "care" of Catholic children's homes. In the Holy St. Joseph's care facility in Mulfingen, Swabia, Angela encounters about 40 children aged between six and sixteen, who are classified as "full Gypsies," "Gypsy mixed-race," and "Jenische." Angela's identity causes confusion, as she has three mothers: her father's wife, who is in the concentration camp, a foster mother with whom she grew up and from whom she was torn away by the Gestapo, and a biological "German" mother, of whom she had known nothing until then. This results in her having multiple names, which leads to confusion with the authorities and ultimately saves her life. Initially, she lives with.