If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women (139 page)

Himmler, Margarete (née Boden)
11
,
101

Hirschkron, Ida
61
–
2
,
100

Hitler, Adolf: assassination attempts
62
,
395
–
6
; birthday celebrations
69
,
590
; Burckhardt’s admiration for
330
–
1
; and euthanasia programme
67
–
8
,
103
,
123
–
4
,
154
; and final round-up of Jews
460
–
1
; and Final Solution
139
–
40
; and Heydrich assassination
210
–
12
; lack of interest in camps
64
; and liquidation of camps
436
,
546
,
555
,
565
,
582
,
593
–
4
,
612
–
13
; and medical experiments
213n
; and Nazi–Soviet pact
58
,
73
,
101
,
117
; ‘Night and Fog’ decree
367
,
385
; opposition to prisoner releases
536
,
540
,
564
,
593
–
4
; and public opinion
13
,
67
–
8
; rise to power
8
–
10
; his suicide
630

Hjort, Johan
325
–
6
,
328
,
436
,
515
,
539
,
541

Hjort, Wanda
325
–
32
,
367
,
436
,
515
,
539
,
541
–
3
,
568
–
70

Hodys, Nora
188

Hoenicke, Benno
288

Hoepner, General Erich
396

Hoepner, Frau
396
–
7

Hofbauer, Grete
208

Hoffmann, Magdalene
232

Hohenlychen SS clinic
102
,
140
–
1
,
146
,
211
–
13
,
224
,
228
; and birth of Himmler’s daughter
395
; and meetings with Bernadotte
540
,
563
–
4
,
569
,
590
,
592
; Meyer’s employment at
565
–
6
; and ‘special experiments’
233
–
4
; sterilisation experiments
413

Holst, Maja
542

Holthöwer, Christine
286

Honigmann, Sara
408

Horthy, Miklos
460

Höss, Rudolf
12
,
48
,
51
,
181
,
185
–
8
,
190
–
2
,
237
–
9
,
491
,
612
; arrives at Ravensbrück
467
–
8
; and Auschwitz evacuation
486
,
597
; and mass killings
470
–
2
,
513
,
554
; and recruitment of guards
309
–
10
; and ‘urge to kill’
513
,
655

Housková, Hanka
171
–
2
,
231
,
297
,
302

Housková, Vera
211

Hugounencq, Suzanne
347
–
8
,
359
–
60
,
364
,
372
,
471

Huber, Max
331

Hull, Cordell
435

Hungarian prisoners, arrival of
459
–
66

Huth, Elfriede
375
,
648
–
9

IG Farben
240

International Committee of the Red Cross
28
,
247
,
272
,
291
,
325
,
355
,
367
,
535
; approves concentration camps
13
; failure to act
329
–
31
,
333
,
383
–
4
,
387
–
9
,
434
–
6
; and Lanckorońska’s release
574
–
5
; and Meyer’s appointment
565
–
6
; and prisoner releases
565
–
6
,
572
–
3
; and Ravensbrück evacuation
597
; and Red Cross parcels
326
–
7
; and round-up of Hungarian Jews
460
–
1

Iwańska, Janina
174
,
206
,
246
–
7
,
252
,
521

Iwańska, Krystyna
246
–
9
,
251
–
2

Jabłońska, Stanisława
224

Jaburkova, Jozka
37
,
39
,
58
,
118

Jackson, Charlotte
427
,
522

Jackson, Robert H.
636
,
654

Jahn, Walter
471
,
472
,
553
–
4

Jandle, Fredericka
378

Janovic, Kamila
618
,
629
,
630

Jansen, Dr
106

Jaroslavsky, Eduard
136

Jaroslavsky, Fritzi
25
–
6
,
136
–
8
,
140
,
142
,
145
,
156
,
614

Jehovah’s Witnesses
25
,
27
–
8
,
32
,
75
–
6
; and Auschwitz
182
,
188
,
190
,
243
; beating of
99
; and euthanasia programme
128
,
132
; and executions of Polish prisoners
207
–
8
; and Himmler’s estate
351
; at Lichtenburg
15
,
19
,
67
;
numbers of
27
; protests by
49
–
50
,
66
–
7
,
69
,
138
–
9
; and
Sondertransport
144
–
7
,
152
; and SS kindergarten
111

Jesenska, Milena
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–
7
,
109
,
115
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18
,
132
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3
,
144
,
231
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242
,
296
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7
,
302
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3
,
308n
,
385
–
6
,
391
,
643

Jesensky, Professor Jan
296
,
385

Jespersen, Tora
542

Jewish Council of Germany
653

Jewish prisoners
53
–
7
; from Axis and neutral countries
336
,
357
,
381
; categorisation of
25
; and concealed identities
423
n; employed at Siemens
463
–
5
; and euthanasia programme
127
–
30
; and
judenfrei
Germany
232
,
357
; last arrivals at Ravensbrück
462
–
3
; lock-down of
61
–
3
; numbers of
27
,
494
; Ravensbrück cleared of
232
,
242
–
3
; recycled clothing
279
; release of
536
–
7
,
605
–
7
; and slave labour
197
–
8
; and
Sondertransport
143
–
5
,
149
,
151
–
3
; Soviet
264
,
266
,
276
; stage play
80
,
86
–
7
; work in
Sandgrube
32
,
62

Jews: deportations from Germany
131
,
198
,
232
; early restrictions on
13
; and Final Solution
102
,
139
–
40
,
146
,
331
,
459
,
653
–
4
; flight from Germany
21
–
2
,
54
; increase in persecution
54
–
5
; and ‘mixed marriages’
35
; and race laws
15

Jews, Hungarian
392
,
434
,
459
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60

Jews, Slovakian
181
–
6

Jezequel, Simone
447

Jezierska, Jadwiga
160

Jochmann, Rosa
81
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3
,
119
,
128
,
134
,
137
–
8
,
140
; and
Sondertransport
143
,
145
,
148
–
9

Johanssen, Kate
542

Jokesch, Stefanie
615

Kafka, Franz
106
,
116

Kaindl, Anton
597n

Kaiser, Charles
578

Kaiser, Margot
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3
,
45
,
50
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2
,
79
–
80
,
89

Kallus, Menachem
474

Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
537
,
574
,
594

Kamińska, Jadwiga
216
,
218
–
19
,
222
,
253
–
5
,
517
,
519
–
20
,
594
–
5

Kampf, Karla
490

Kantschuster, Johann
63

Kaper, Valesca
20
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1

Kapilova, Anicha
549

Kapos
50
–
3
; and Auschwitz women’s section
182
,
183
,
188
–
9
,
191
–
2
,
237
–
8
; and politicals’ coup
77
–
80
,
88
–
9
,
132
; shooting of
577
; trials of
637

Karaganda labour camp
74
–
5

Katyn massacre
290

Katyusha rockets
484
,
590

Kawińska, Zofia
165
,
221
–
2

Kawurek, Katarzyna
202

Kersten, Felix
351
,
538
–
9
,
587
–
8
,
590
–
1

Kesselkolonne
(soup wagon)
59
,
166
–
7
,
283

Kestenbaum, Leontine
54
,
143

Kharlamova, Nina
280

Khohkrina, Olga
275

Kiecol, Zofia
223

Kierdorf, Friederike
613

Kinderzimmer
416
–
20
,
544
–
5

Kipling, Rudyard
33

Klemm, Robert
275

Klemm, Yevgenia Lazarevna
265
–
9
,
272
–
8
,
280
,
283
,
298
–
300
,
306
,
625
; and black transports
340
; and final evacuation
619
–
20
,
625
–
6
; and return to Soviet Union
635
,
642
–
3
; and satellite camps
312
–
13
,
315
,
317
,
319

Klose, Tilde
34
,
118
,
121
,
128
,
133
,
145

Kluczek, Genowefa
222

Klyugman, Maria
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,
276
,
283
,
299
,
304
,
310
,
317
,
319
,
321
–
4
,
643

Knoll, Käthe
50
,
52
,
89
,
382

Koegel, Marga
30

Koegel, Strumbannführer Max: and Auschwitz women’s section
181
–
2
; and construction of cell block
28
–
9
; disputes with Langefeld
53
,
68
–
9
,
179
; early life
11
–
12
; and euthanasia programme
125
–
7
,
129
,
131
–
2
,
134
; and Himmler’s visits
66
,
68
–
9
,
145
–
7
; and Jehovah’s Witnesses
49
–
50
,
66
–
7
,
69
,
138
–
9
,
146
; and killing of Katharina Waitz
98
–
9
; leaves Ravensbrück
239
; his living quarters
30
; loathing of Sonntag
108
,
111
–
12
,
115
; and prisoner arrivals
23
; and punishments
19
,
29
,
66
,
68
–
70
,
98
–
9
; and
Sondertransport
145
–
7
,
153
; his suicide
637
; and treatment of prisoners
31
,
49
,
53