If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women (136 page)

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Benario Prestes, Anita
14
,
22
,
39

40
,
58

60
,
100

1
,
151
Benesch, Susi
28
,
43
,
71
,
79
Benesch, Tanja
28
Benevisti, Allegra
482
,
484

7
Benevisti, Berry
485

7
Benoist, Robert
401
,
427n
Berlin Olympic Games
14
,
212
,
228
Bernadotte, Count Folke
435

6
,
538n
; assassination
656
; negotiations with Himmler
539

40
,
543
,
562

4
,
569
,
587

90
,
592
,
597
,
606
Bernard, Jacqueline
424
,
523
,
524
Bernburg euthanasia centre
154

5
,
182

3
,
232
,
288
Berndorf munitions plant
474
,
582
Berner, Ira
79
Bernigau, Jane
30
,
143

4
,
148
Bernstein, Alice
63
Bertl, Josef
143
,
501
,
508
,
555
Bertram, Lina
128
,
133
,
145
Biega, Maria
203
Bielicka, Maria
159

60
,
163

5
,
175

6
,
196
,
205
,
247
,
289
,
310
,
657
; description of Halina Chorążyna
203n
; evacuation and escape
615
,
617
,
631

2
; and medical experiments
215
,
224

5
Binder, Gustav
198

202
,
280

1
,
640
Binder, Martha
201

2
Bingel, Rudolf
197
,
239

40
,
285
Binz, Dorothea
66
,
98
,
180
,
207
,
212
,
292
,
307
,
334
,
382
,
429
,
438
,
551
; arrest, trial and execution
636

8
,
640
; and Block 10:
444
,
453
; and British prisoners
598

9
; and children’s party
476
; her dog
221
,
282
,
283
,
356
; and execution of SOE women
527
; her family
47

8
,
195

6
; and final evacuation
618
,
621
; and French prisoners
362
,
366
; and last days
514
,
521
,
566

7
,
586
,
612
; named in broadcasts
343
,
521
; and prisoner releases
566

7
; relationship with Bräuning
356
,
376
,
444
; and Soviet prisoners
279
,
281

2
,
284
; and Warsaw women
408
,
411
Binz, Rose
48
,
628
Binz, Walter
48
Birkenau
190
,
293
,
310
,
483
,
485
,
488

9
,
491

3
,
501
Bitterhof, Leni
172

3
Blacarova Fischerova, Milena
550
black transports
288
,
336

43
,
368

9
,
386
,
453

5
,
493
,
650
Blass, Waltraud
652
Bloch, Denise
401

2
,
427
,
431

2
,
522

5
,
528
Block 10:
442

55
,
495
,
516
,
546
,
548
,
558
,
560
,
598
,
642
,
657
; and black transports
453

5
;
Idiotenstübchen
448

53
; poisoning experiment
515
,
541
; and prisoner releases
567
,
596

7
Block 32:
366

7
,
385
Blockovas: appointment of
34
,
51

3
; and cooperation with SS
82

3
; and euthanasia programme
131

5
; growing defiance in last days
559
; imprisoned
278

9
; Polish
168
,
177
‘Blondine’,
see
Hermann, Ilse
Bloser, Georg
454
Bobkova, Vera
276
,
277
,
323
,
324
Bolanov, Nadia
475
Bommezijn de Rochement, Jean
597

8
,
599

600
,
601

4
Bontemps, Minny
287
bookbinding workshop
176
,
225
books
33

5
; burning of Nazi texts
585
; Polish
250
,
292
; from SS library
355

6
Booth, William
295
Bösel, Grete
637

8
Bosse, Albert
9
Boudova, Bozena
171
,
232
,
335n
Bouhler, Philipp
104
,
112
,
121
Boy-Brandt, Hildegard
339
,
475
Boyko, Leonida
340
Boyko, Yekaterina
271
,
619
Brandt, Karl
594
Brandt, Rudolf
298n
Bräuning, Obersturmführer Edmund
271
,
292
,
343
,
373
,
453
; and children’s party
476
; and Himmler’s killing order
469
,
471
,
490
; relationship with Binz
356
,
376
,
444
Brauweiler workhouse
8

9
,
18
Brecht, Bertolt
7
Brest-Litovsk Bridge
73
Breuer, Herta
86

7
Brewda, Alina
483
,
484
,
486

7
,
498
Brin, Anna
264
British prisoners
429

31
; release of
598

9
,
607

10
,
633

4
Broad, Pery
238
Bruch, Ruth
67
Brückenthin estate
101

2
,
140
,
213
Brundson, Emma
335
Brunvold, Kirsten
542
Buber, Babette
73n
Buber, Martin
73n
Buber, Rafel
73n
Buber Agassi, Judith
73n
,
81
Buber-Neumann, Grete: appointed Blockova
88

9
,
95
; arrives at Ravensbrück
73

7
; and D-Day landings
390
; disillusion with Stalin
73

4
,
77
,
80

1
,
117
,
386

7
; and Else Krug
95

6
,
98

9
; and euthanasia programme
132

3
; and Germaine Tillion
386

7
,
549

50
; and hatred of Germans
475
; imprisoned
278

9
; and Johanna Langefeld
3
,
6

8
,
68

9
,
179
,
183
,
242

3
,
255

8
,
645

6
; and last days
514
,
559
; learns of Hitler plot
395
; and Milena Jesenska
116

17
,
132

3
,
231
,
296

7
,
385

6
,
391
; and Polish prisoners
208

9
,
406
; and prisoner doctors
299
; and prostitutes
94

5
; and recruitment of guards
309
; her release
587
; and sewing shop
201
; works at Siemens plant
241

2
Buch
148

9
,
154
Buchenwald: arrival of death train
401

2
; and Auschwitz death march
486
; and Bernburg gassings
155
; camp brothel
198
,
227
; and euthanasia programme
125

6
,
130
; liberation of
574
,
588
,
655
; opening of camp
15
,
17
; satellite camps
422
,
463
,
557
,
616
,
644
Buchmann, Erika
94
,
106

9
,
111
,
113
,
121
,
422
,
463
,
557
,
616
; and prisoner releases
596

7
Budy massacre
237

9
Bugi (Jewish girl)
149
Bulanov, Major Sergej
624
,
629
Bund Deutscher Mädel
48
Bunjac, Nadja
596
Buraczyńska, Wojciecha
178
,
179
,
250
,
253
Burckhardt, Carl-Jacob
330

1
,
355
,
383
,
565
,
574
Buteau, Madame
594
Cabaj, Maria
519
,
520
,
544

5
Caladium seguinum
(elephant ear)
109

10
camp mothers
236
,
381
,
474

6
camp newspaper
101
carbon monoxide gas
68
,
103
Carlmark, Live
542
Cassen, Erna
554

5
Castle Hartheim
454

5
,
470
Catholic Church, and war criminals
646
celebrities gang
83

6
Cernetic, Silvie
596
Chamier, Major Frank
354
Chatenay, Barbara
633

4
Chechko, Valentina
323

4
,
635
Chelmno camp
139
,
409
Chemnitz subcamp
583
Cheramy, Pat
430
,
431
,
438
,
634
Children: Christmas party
473

81
,
647
; growing numbers of
380

2
,
408

9
; Gypsy
473

4
,
480

1
; and sterilisation experiments
480

1
,
541
children’s choir
476
,
478

9

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