Oprátka pro krásnou Veru - Temné tajemství ošetřovatelky z Ravensbrücku – Motl Stanislav (2021)

It is Monday, February 3, 1947. In the courtroom of Hamburg's Curio-Haus, the first Ravensbrück trial is reaching its climax with sixteen defendants being tried for war crimes. An elegant, slender woman in a yellow-white fur coat stands waiting for the jury's verdict. "Death penalty!" Not a single muscle moves on the charming face of the young woman. For just a moment, she lowers her eyelids with long lashes, and then she allows herself to be taken away by the escort without resistance. Her name is Vera Salvequart, and she was born in Czechoslovakia twenty-seven years ago. A former prisoner of the death camp, who, according to the British court's ruling, murdered dozens of imprisoned women with injections and pills. But was it really so? Did the beautiful Vera, as some journalists nicknamed her, truly deserve the highest punishment? Stanislav Motl has been on the trail of Vera Salvequart for several years. He worked with his usual heuristic-investigative method, which has already made him known to readers, radio listeners, and television viewers. Therefore, his book was once again created mainly on the road. He relied minimally on social networks. He searched through the archives of several countries. He traveled to places connected with the fate of Vera Salvequart. He sought and found preserved memories of witnesses and spoke with many...