| Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Contributor(s): Helm, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307278719 ISBN-13: 9780307278715 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - History | Women - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.2" W x 8" (1.50 lbs) 784 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Months before the outbreak of World War II, Heinrich Himmler--prime architect of the Holocaust--designed a special concentration camp for women, located fifty miles north of Berlin. Only a small number of the prisoners were Jewish. Ravensbr ck was primarily a place for the Nazis to hold other inferior beings: Jehovah's Witnesses, Resistance fighters, lesbians, prostitutes, and aristocrats--even the sister of New York's Mayor LaGuardia. Over six years the prisoners endured forced labor, torture, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, Ravensbr ck became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000. For decades the story of Ravensbr ck was hidden behind the Iron Curtain. Now, using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War and interviews with survivors who have never talked before, Sarah Helm takes us into the heart of the camp. The result is a landmark achievement that weaves together many accounts, following figures on both sides of the prisoner/guard divide. Chilling, compelling, and deeply necessary, Ravensbr ck is essential reading for anyone concerned with Nazi history. |
