Sarah Helm
Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
- ISBN 13:
- 9780307278715
- author:
- Sarah Helm
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Anchor Books Reprint edition
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 784
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 3.8 x 20.3 cm
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Holocaust, Sarah Helm,Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women,Anchor Books,0307278719,Genocide & War Crimes,History,History - General History,History: World,Ravensbreuck (Concentration camp),Women concent
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Ravensbrück: A History of Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Located fifty miles north of Berlin, Ravensbrück was a concentration camp designed by Heinrich Himmler before the outbreak of World War II. The camp held prisoners from various backgrounds, including Jehovah's Witnesses, Resistance fighters, lesbians, prostitutes, and aristocrats. Over six years, the prisoners endured forced labor, torture, starvation, and random execution. In its final months, Ravensbrück became an extermination camp, with estimates suggesting a death toll of between 30,000 to 90,000. Sarah Helm's book brings together previously unheard testimonies from survivors and guards, offering a chilling and compelling account of life inside the camp. This landmark work sheds new light on one of the most hidden chapters in Nazi history, providing a deeply necessary exploration of Ravensbrück's dark past.
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