Originally published under title: Ravensbrück. London : Little, Brown, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [659]-715) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Part One -- 1.Langefeld -- 2.Sandgrube -- 3.Blockovas -- 4.Himmler Visits -- 5.Stalin's Gift -- 6.Else Krug -- 7.Doctor Sonntag -- 8.Doctor Mennecke -- 9.Bernburg -- Part Two -- 10.Lublin -- 11.Auschwitz -- 12.Sewing -- 13.Rabbits -- 14.Special Experiments -- 15.Healing -- Part Three -- 16.Red Army -- 17.Yevgenia Klemm -- 18.Doctor Treite -- 19.Breaking the Circle -- 20.Black Transport -- Part Four -- 21.Vingt-sept Mille -- 22.Falling -- 23.Hanging On -- 24.Reaching Out -- Part Five -- 25.Paris and Warsaw -- 26.Kinderzimmer -- 27.Protest -- 28.Overtures -- 29.Doctor Loulou -- Part Six -- 30.Hungarians -- 31.A Children's Party -- 32.Death March -- 33.Youth Camp -- 34.Hiding -- 35.Konigsberg -- 36.Bernadotte -- 37.Emilie -- 38.Nelly -- 39.Masur -- 40.White Buses -- 41.Liberation.

On a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 800 women - housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes - were marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards. Their destination was Ravensbrück, a concentration camp designed specifically for women by Heinrich Himmler, prime architect of the Nazi genocide. For decades the story of Ravensbrück was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and today is still little known. Using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War, and interviews with survivors who have never spoken before, Helm has ventured into the heart of the camp, demonstrating for the reader in riveting detail how easily and quickly the unthinkable horror evolved.