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
106

7
,
109
,
115

18
,
132

3
,
144
,
231
,
242
,
296

7
,
302

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

60
Jews, Slovakian
181

6
Jezequel, Simone
447
Jezierska, Jadwiga
160
Jochmann, Rosa
81

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
41

3
,
45
,
50

2
,
79

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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

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
266
,
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

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