Ravensbrück - Život a smrt v Hitlerově koncentračním táboře pro ženy – Helmová Sarah (2018)

For four decades, the purely female concentration camp Ravensbrück was hidden behind the Iron Curtain, and very little was known about its true story. Over six years, more than 130,000 women from more than twenty European countries passed through its gates, many of whom came from the then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The female prisoners became targets of beatings and torture, were sent to forced labor, starved, and ultimately executed. Until liberation in 1945, between 30,000 and 50,000 women lost their lives in the camp. Sarah Helmová, using previously unknown testimonies and interviews with survivors who have only now begun to speak about their past, delves into the heart of camp life and demonstrates to readers in detail how easily and quickly unimaginable horrors can arise. Much more than a list of atrocities, the book Ravensbrück is a compelling description of what one of the surviving women called 'heroism, extreme human resilience, and an extraordinary will to survive.' Precise, inspiring, and deeply disturbing, the book Ravensbrück is a groundbreaking work in the field of historical research. With unusual openness, it reminds us of humanity's capacity to commit bestial acts while also highlighting its courage to resist them. Sarah...