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If This is A Woman
Sarah Helm
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Description for If This is A Woman
Paperback. The compelling story of the only concentration camp for women by the acclaimed author of A Life in Secrets. Num Pages: 848 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Winner of the Longman-History Today Book Prize: A 'profoundly moving chronicle' (Observer) that tells the story of Ravensbruck, the only concentration camp designed specifically for women, using new testimony from survivors On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbruck, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by ... Read more
Winner of the Longman-History Today Book Prize: A 'profoundly moving chronicle' (Observer) that tells the story of Ravensbruck, the only concentration camp designed specifically for women, using new testimony from survivors On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbruck, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349120034
SKU
V9780349120034
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99-50
About Sarah Helm
Sarah Helm was a reporter on the Sunday Times and Diplomatic Editor for the Independent before becoming the Jerusalem and then Brussels correspondent for the same paper. A Life in Secrets was her first book.
Reviews for If This is A Woman
It not only fills a gap in Holocaust history but it is an utterly compelling read
Taylor Downing
History Today
A groundbreaking chronicle
Nicholas Shakespeare
Telegraph
Sarah Helm's momentous uncovering of Ravensbruck
Rachel Holmes
Guardian
Splendidly researched and tremendously moving . . . Helm's book, based in part on interviews with ... Read more
Taylor Downing
History Today
A groundbreaking chronicle
Nicholas Shakespeare
Telegraph
Sarah Helm's momentous uncovering of Ravensbruck
Rachel Holmes
Guardian
Splendidly researched and tremendously moving . . . Helm's book, based in part on interviews with ... Read more