Ravensbrück : life and death in Hitler's concentration camp for women / Sarah Helm.

Author/creator Helm, Sarah author.
Format Book
EditionFirst United States edition.
PublicationNew York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]
Descriptionxxiv, 743 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Life and death in Hitler's concentration camp for women
Contents Part one. Langefeld ; Sandgrube ; Blockovas ; Himmler visits ; Stalin's gift ; Else Krug ; Doctor Sontag ; Doctor Mennecke ; Bernburg -- Part two. Lublin ; Auschwitz ; Sewing ; Rabbits ; Special experiments ; Healing -- Part three. Red Army ; Yevgenia Klemm ; Doctor Treite ; Breaking the circle ; Black transport -- Part four. Vingt-sept Mille ; Falling ; Hanging on ; Reaching out -- Part five. Paris and Warsaw ; Kinderzimmer ; Protest ; Overtures ; Doctor Loulou -- Part six. Hungarians ; A children's party ; Death march ; Youth camp ; Hiding ; Königsburg ; Bernadotte ; Emilie ; Nelly ; Masur ; White buses ; Liberation.
Abstract Traces the sobering history of World War II's largest female concentration camp, revealing the torturous experiences and deaths of thousands of women prisoners of more than twenty nationalities.
General note"Published in Great Britain as If this is a woman by Little, Brown, an imprint of the Little, Brown Book Group, a Hachette UK Company, London"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 709- 721) and index.
LCCN 2014014974
ISBN9780385520591 (hardback)
ISBN038552059X (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks D805.5.R38 H45 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold