![]() ![]() His Ravensbrück of 1943 culls the unfit while boosting slave labour consignments to famous German firms. The Reichsführer orders gruesome experiments on so-called "rabbit" prisoners. Next of kin may have the ashes for a fee. When transports begin for death by gassing (code 14f13), other prisoners prepare bogus death letters. He decides to approve each flogging, so there's a form for that. He visits the camp, having a mistress nearby. ![]() Schutzstaffel (SS) Reichsfuhrer Himmler appears here as a satanic micro-manager. Heinrich Himmler fires her for halting two 1943 executions. Her moral ambivalence animates other early chapters. It is 1957 and she is begging to explain herself to a former prisoner. The first chapter begins with Ravensbruck's chief female guard. She consistently highlights the group and personal dynamics. Hence, she uses scene-setting descriptions ("screech of wheels in icy ruts") and recreations of direct speech ("Links, rechts," shout the guards). ![]() If This is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck by Sarah Helm.Īlso, the author intends that readers should be able to persist with what is inevitably a long and horrifying tale. ![]()
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