Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for

Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women

Months before the outbreak of World War II, Heinrich Himmlerâ€”prime architect of the Holocaustâ€”designed a special concentration camp for women, located fifty miles north of Berlin.Â Only a small number of the prisoners were Jewish.Â RavensbrÃ¼ck was primarily a place for the Nazis to hold other inferior beings: Jehovahâ€™s Witnesses, Resistance fighters, lesbians, prostitutes, and aristocratsâ€”even the sister of New Yorkâ€™s Mayor LaGuardia. Over six years the prisoners endured forced labor, torture, starvation, and random execution. In the final months of the war, RavensbrÃ¼ck became an extermination camp. Estimates of the final death toll have ranged from 30,000 to 90,000.
Â Â Â Â For decades the story of RavensbrÃ¼ck 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.Â 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, RavensbrÃ¼ck is essential reading for anyone concerned with Nazi history.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0307278719
Model 0307278719
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-03-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307278715

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Anchor
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0307278719
Model	0307278719
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-03-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307278715

Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women

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