Děvčata z koncentračního tábora Gross-Rosen – Dobkiewicz Agnieszka (2024)

They survived the hell of the camp and the death march ***** Six lives. One fate. Ruth, Felice, Fela, Gerda, Aliza, Halina – six young girls whose fates were intertwined. All had their dreams, plans, ambitions, but they found themselves where the line between humanity and bestiality was very thin. All survived the hell of Gross-Rosen. All were mercilessly driven in the death march. Unfortunately, not all survived the march in the middle of winter. What caused some women to be given the chance to start a different, happier life, while others had their chance for a new beginning taken away? ***** The Nazis systematically tried to cover up the traces of their crimes. They destroyed concentration camps, burned documents, buried female prisoners in mass graves somewhere in isolation. Therefore, the past of the girls from Gross-Rosen is covered in the dust of oblivion. Agnieszka Dobkiewicz, based on the few sources that have survived to this day, tries to uncover the painful truth about the lives of Ruth, Felice, Fela, Gerda, Aliza, and Halina. ***** Agnieszka Dobkiewicz's book is a very personal look at the wartime hell of six women. It is extraordinarily important and well-documented. It is depressing, yet necessary. Sad, and at the same time beautiful.