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This is a very good book, based on a part of history I was not familiar with. The book describes Ravensbruck, the concentration camp infamous for the horrific medical experimentation on young Polish women. It’s told from the perspectives of three women, spanning two decades from 1939 through 1959.
Caroline Ferriday was a NY Socialite who helped orphans in France during the war and continued to help survivors of Ravensbruck in the years after the war. Worth reading.
Caroline Ferriday was a NY Socialite who helped orphans in France during the war and continued to help survivors of Ravensbruck in the years after the war. Worth reading.
Throwing this back for the 2nd time.
Writing is cliched. I appreciate that she's trying to tell another aspect of the story of the Nazi's brutalization and victimization, but it just isn't worth reading (the book--not learning what the Nazi's did to non-Jews they disliked).
3 Discs in and here are just SOME of the problems
Stalin/Russia was Hitler's ally at the start of the war not ours--no one had sympathy for them.
"apricot sparks" ...from welding? Too precious.
"They even bleed Nazi red..." as opp ...more
Writing is cliched. I appreciate that she's trying to tell another aspect of the story of the Nazi's brutalization and victimization, but it just isn't worth reading (the book--not learning what the Nazi's did to non-Jews they disliked).
3 Discs in and here are just SOME of the problems
Stalin/Russia was Hitler's ally at the start of the war not ours--no one had sympathy for them.
"apricot sparks" ...from welding? Too precious.
"They even bleed Nazi red..." as opp ...more
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