Helm Sarah
If This Is A Woman Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
If This Is A Woman Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
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Description: Winner of the Longman - History Today Book Prize: A 'profoundly moving chronicle (Observer) that tells the story of Ravensbr ck the only concentration camp designed specifically for women using new testimony from survivors On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives doctors opera singers politicians prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin driven on past a shining lake then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbr ck a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler prime architect of the Nazi genocide. For decades the story of Ravensbr ck was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and today is still little known. Using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War and interviews with survivors who have never spoken before Helm has ventured into the heart of the camp demonstrating for the reader in riveting detail how easily and quickly the unthinkable horror evolved. It not only fills a gap in Holocaust history but it is an utterly compelling read Taylor Downing History Today A sense of urgency infuses this history which comes just in time to gather the testimony of the camp's survivors meticulous unblinking Helm's book comes not a moment too soon The Economist
Title: If This Is A Woman Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
Author(s): Helm Sarah
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9780349120034
Pages: 768 Pages, Section: 16, B/W Photos
Publication Date: 7/1/2016
Category: The Holocaust
Description: Winner of the Longman - History Today Book Prize: A 'profoundly moving chronicle (Observer) that tells the story of Ravensbr ck the only concentration camp designed specifically for women using new testimony from survivors On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives doctors opera singers politicians prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin driven on past a shining lake then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbr ck a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler prime architect of the Nazi genocide. For decades the story of Ravensbr ck was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and today is still little known. Using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War and interviews with survivors who have never spoken before Helm has ventured into the heart of the camp demonstrating for the reader in riveting detail how easily and quickly the unthinkable horror evolved. It not only fills a gap in Holocaust history but it is an utterly compelling read Taylor Downing History Today A sense of urgency infuses this history which comes just in time to gather the testimony of the camp's survivors meticulous unblinking Helm's book comes not a moment too soon The Economist
Title: If This Is A Woman Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp For Women
Author(s): Helm Sarah
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9780349120034
Pages: 768 Pages, Section: 16, B/W Photos
Publication Date: 7/1/2016
Category: The Holocaust
