The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-Female Concentration Camp
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The extraordinary true story of a small group of Frenchwomen, all Resistance members, who banded together in a notorious concentration camp to defy the Nazis--from the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War 'At once heartbreaking and beautifully told, this is a masterwork of nonfiction, a must-read for anyone who wants more of the incredible true story behind Lilac Girls.'--Martha Hall Kelly, author of Lilac Girls ONE OF THE TOP TEN BOOKS OF JUNE--The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Decades after the end of World War II, the name Ravensbr ck still evokes horror for those with knowledge of this infamous all-women's concentration camp, better known since it became the setting of Martha Hall Kelly's bestselling novel, Lilac Girls. Particularly shocking were the medical experiments performed on some of the inmates. Ravensbr ck was atypical in other ways as well, not just as the only all-female German concentration camp, but because 80 percent of its