Prisoners Ravensbrück concentration camp

ravensbrück crematorium

among thousands executed germans @ ravensbrück 4 female members of british world war ii organization special operations executive: denise bloch, cecily lefort, lilian rolfe , violette szabo. other victims included roman catholic nun Élise rivet, elisabeth de rothschild (the member of rothschild family die in holocaust), russian orthodox nun st. maria skobtsova, 25-year-old french princess anne de bauffremont-courtenay, milena jesenská, lover of franz kafka , olga benário, wife of brazilian communist leader luís carlos prestes. largest group of executed women @ ravensbrück camp composed of 200 young polish patriots members of home army.

among survivors of ravensbrück author corrie ten boom, arrested family harbouring jews in home in haarlem, netherlands. documented ordeal alongside sister betsie ten boom in book hiding place, produced motion picture. polish countess karolina lanckoronska, art historian , author of michelangelo in ravensbrück, imprisoned there 1943 until 1945. eileen nearne, member of special operations executive, prisoner in 1944 before being transferred work camp , escaping. ravensbrück survivors wrote memoirs experiences include gemma laguardia gluck, sister of new york mayor fiorello laguardia, germaine tillion, ravensbrück survivor france published own eyewitness account of camp in 1975. approximately 500 women ravensbrück transferred dachau, assigned labourers agfa-commando; women assembled ignition timing devices bombs, artillery ammunition , v-1 , v-2 rockets.