Meisjes van de Goede Herder — Season 1, Episode 1: Gevallen meisjes
Documentary • 51 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
Former pupils Lies, Joke and Roos tell how they ended up in one of the homes of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the 1960s. They had to work hard six days a week at the sewing machine or in the laundry and the nuns proved to be ruthlessly strict. Now, years later, the women investigate what can still be found of this past. Can they find any other witnesses who know more?
About Meisjes van de Goede Herder
From 1860 to 1978, twenty thousand girls with difficult childhoods were cared for in five homes in the Netherlands, the Monasteries of the Good Shepherd. Britta Hosman travels with Lies Vissers, Joke de Smit and R. Riet to the city and country to reconstruct what they and everyone else experienced during their youth.