Hattie Naylor Wooden Heart

Hattie Naylor

Wooden Heart by Hattie Naylor is a powerful and disturbing drama based on the real-life scandal of Jenisch Gypsy children who were forcibly removed from their parents by the Swiss government, a policy that continued in Switzerland until 1974.

Anna is Jenisch. She has lived in an orphanage since she was taken from her parents as a baby, but now her foster mother is waiting to collect her to take her to work on a farm in a small Alpine village.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.