Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk
Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk | |||
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| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
| Occupation | Operator of an Infant Farm | ||
Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk was the operator of an infant farm in New York City at 235 East Eighty-sixth St from 1918 to 1925. She was the widow of a Prussian army officer and a former Red Cross nurse. In May of 1925 an investigation by policy was opened after multiple complaints from infants relatives, and one gentleman who said she had returned a baby that was not his. It's estimated that up to forty-four babies died while at Geisen-Volk's two "baby farms".[1][2] Up to twelve babies at one month were buried, some by malnutrition. During the investigation and autopsy, one infant was found to have a fractured skull. A nurse who worked with Geisen-Volk stated that one infant of 18 months was held by the heels and dashed against a wall. One woman purchased a baby from the infantorium for $100 and was even paid $10 by Geisen-Volk to signed the birth certificate paperwork.[3] Mrs. Geisen-Volk was sentenced to three and a half- to seven years in prison for baby substitution in which she pleaded guilty. The probation officer's report characterized her as "a woman without conscience who strangled and froze to death infants left in her care."[4]
References
- ↑ "Twelve Babies Die Strangely". Chronicling America. The Alaska Daily Empire. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "44 Infants Died at "Baby Farms"". Chronicling America. Evening Star. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Evidence Grows in Baby Farm Case". Chronicling America. Evening Star. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "Infant Farm Owner Guilty". Chronicling America. Americus times-recorder. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
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