Author : Sabine Kittel
Publisher :
Release Date : 2006
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 364 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download "Places for the Displaced" PDF Format Full Free by Sabine Kittel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes in detail interviews with ten women (out of a total of 25 interviewed): three originally from Germany, three from Czechoslovakia, two from Hungary, and two from Poland, all of them born between 1912-1929. All were at some time in Ravensbrück, mostly near the end of the war after passing through other concentration and labor camps. Records their reactions and those of their families to the beginnings of Nazi persecution in their homelands, to deportation, and to the concentration camp experience; and finally to liberation and to a new life in the U.S. Describes stratagems of survival, and the value of mutual support between family members and amongst women who were able to join in groups and networks, but notes that these groups were exclusive as well as inclusive. Disputes the theory that women's socialization predisposed them for bonding with others. Ultimately, the prisoners' lives were controlled by the SS, and every woman's first concern was her own survival.