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

by Sarah Helm

Book Overview

Months before the outbreak of World War II, Heinrich Himmler--prime architect of the Holocaust--designed a special concentration camp for women, located fifty miles north of Berlin. Only a small... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038552059X
• ISBN13: 9780385520591
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Nan A. Talese
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Daunting, but worth it

So I waited for over a year after buying this to read it, always choosing another book instead; I was dreading it almost, because it is 650 pages of a hardback, and large pages at that, it takes me 2.5 minutes to read one single full page, so I didn't want to embark on the book and I worried that it would be boring or difficult to pay attention to. However, once I finally got the courage to open it I've found that I love it. It's really well written and expertly researched. Now my only complaint is that it doesn't mention Hermine Braunstiener at all and it doesn't go into detail on Irma Grese (look em up, absolute sickos). I feel like everybody and everything else about Ravensbruck was mentioned except those two women. If you aren't looking for great detail on them, this is a good book. If you are looking for great detail on them, I believe they're discussed in "Hitler's Furies".

Excellent writing for a story not easy to tell. This book is a collection of research and interviews

This book is a collection of research and interviews about the German concentration camp for women. Sarah Helm tells how Germany built and maintained this place for women who were asocials, political prisoners, habitual criminals, & to a lesser extent, Jews. I found the story fascinating & Helm’s ability at writing, acceptional.