Marie Paneth, Rock The Cradle (Second Generation, 2020)

The lost journal of a remarkable woman who cared for 300 child Holocaust survivors rehabilitating in Windermere, is the first book to be released by dedicated publishing company 2nd Generation. ‘Rock the Cradle’ is the journal of Marie Paneth, a figure played by Romola Garai in the recent post-Holocaust drama ‘The Windermere Children’ The journal was only discovered by the Lake District Holocaust Project during research for the highly acclaimed drama. Windermere was affectionately known as ‘Wondermere’ by the 300 child survivors who came to the Lake District directly from the concentration camps in the summer of 1945.