Read If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women Online
Authors: Sarah Helm
Ottelard, Irène
506
,
578
,
580
–
1
,
639
painting gang
278
,
397
,
404
,
471
–
2
,
556
–
61
Pajączkowska, Janina
245
Palevkova, Helena
273
Paris, liberation of
397
,
404
,
433
,
435
,
438
Patton, General George
574
Pearl Harbor
131
Peenemünde
425
Perekline-Rudolphino, Suzi
545
Peters, Heinrich
208
Petrarch
356n
Petrov, General Ivan
263
Petrushina, Maria
299
Petry, Agnes
15
–
16
,
18
,
27
,
183
Peulevé, Harry
401
Pfannmüller, Hermann
416
Pfeifer, Theresia and Anna
38
Pfeiffer, Amalie
42
Pflaum, Hans
422
,
546
,
550
–
1
,
555
–
8
,
567
,
581
–
2
,
598
–
9
,
612
–
14
,
640
Philips
423
Piasecka, Helena
335
Pierrepoint, Albert
636
Pietrzyk, Basia
228
Pietsch, Ella
30
,
155
,
208
Pignatti, Tatyana
324
Pinkafeld village hall
38
Piscaul, Kate
71
Plater-Skassa, Maria
222
,
520
Plucker, Lisel
52
Pobiedzińska, Kazimiera
237
Pociłowska, Zofia
173
–
4
,
177
,
292
Pohl, Gruppenführer Oswald
17
,
65
–
6
,
68
,
69
,
102
,
187
,
198
,
199
,
471
; and gas chambers
553
–
4
Poirier, Micheline (‘Micky’)
550
–
1
,
558
,
598
Poland: communist takeover
332
,
390
; and euthanasia programme
68
,
103
; expulsion of Jews
65
,
102
; invasion of
38
–
9
,
45
,
48
–
9
,
60
,
64
–
5
,
102
,
159
–
61
,
171
; and Nazi–Soviet pact
73
; violent treatment of women
160
policewomen, prisoner
334
,
362
,
429
,
431
,
466
Polish government in exile
247
,
249
,
291
,
388
Polish prisoners
159
–
78
; and abortions
170
–
3
; arrival at Ravensbrück
165
–
7
; arrival of Warsaw women
404
–
10
; and camp rules
169
–
70
,
173
–
4
; confrontation with Suhren
594
–
5
; executions of
204
–
9
,
215
,
237
,
245
–
6
,
289
; and food parcels
586
; and French prisoners
362
,
377
,
390
–
1
,
403
–
4
; go into hiding
516
–
21
,
574
; improvements in status
167
–
8
,
176
–
7
; and Kraków trial
645
; and lesbianism
174
–
5
; and medical experiments
214
–
37
,
334
–
5
; protests and secret letters
245
–
57
,
290
–
1
,
332
–
3
; release of
605
–
6
,
609
; and SWIT broadcasts
291
,
342
–
3
,
387
,
390
; Zofia Mączka’s statement
639
–
40
Polish Underground Movement Study Trust
332
Potthast, Hedwig (‘Häschen’)
101
–
2
,
140
,
146
,
213
,
351
,
395
,
415
Potthast, Helge
213
,
415
Potthast, Nanette Dorothea
395
,
415
Pozlotko, Stanisława
506
pregnant women
110
,
170
–
3
,
304
,
353
,
376
,
411
–
12
,
474
,
605
Prestes, Leocadia
14
,
21
–
2
,
40
–
1
,
45
,
62
,
81
,
100
–
1
,
114
,
151
Prestes, Ligia
22
,
40
,
45
,
62
,
100
,
151
Prestes, Luis Carlos
14
,
21
–
2
,
40
,
58
,
60
,
81
,
100
–
1
,
114
,
131
,
151
,
156
prisoners of war: Allied
388
–
9
; Canadian
568
; French
424
,
427
,
433
,
524
–
5
,
528
,
603
; Polish
291
–
2
,
387
–
8
; shooting of Soviet
473
Prohaska, Johanna
6
Prokesch, Giolantha
369
prostitutes
15
–
16
,
90
–
5
,
93n
; and camp brothels
198
,
227
,
304
,
352
; in Dresden
405
; and euthanasia programme
128
; French
348
,
372
,
377
–
9
; and medical experimentation
104
; and
Sondertransport
150
,
152
; and survivors’ associations
155
–
6
Prus, Alfreda
218
–
20
,
222
–
4
Puffmütter
(brothel madams)
52
,
362
Punishments:
Abdecken
33
; beatings
19
,
77
–
9
,
98
–
9
,
107
,
274
,
303
–
4
,
640
;
Prügelstrafe
66
,
68
–
70
; standing punishments
54
,
98
,
366
; straitjackets
26
,
29
,
41
–
2
,
44
,
93
; water dousing
26
,
29
,
180
n
Quernheim, Gerda
147
,
171
–
2
; and killing of prisoners
230
–
2
,
242
,
308n
; and medical experiments
219
–
20
,
224
,
230
; relationship with Rosenthal
294
,
353
–
5
Rabe, Margarete
615
Rabenstein, Gertrud (‘Iron Gustav’)
31
–
3
,
79
Ramdohr, Ludwig
239
,
243
,
256
,
279
,
286
,
306
,
308
–
10
,
329
; named in broadcast
343
; and satellite camps
313
,
315
–
22
; his special prisoners
355
–
6
; his spy network
308
–
10
,
320
–
2
,
336
,
364
,
443
–
4
; and torture
307
–
8
; his trial and execution
640
rape
38
,
411
,
641
,
648
; by Red Army
611
,
618
,
624
–
9
Rapp (SS worker)
494
,
499
,
501
–
5
,
508
,
556
,
578
–
80
Rascher, Sigmund
226
–
8
Rassenschande
15
,
56
,
171
Rastatt trial
552
,
640
Ratzeweit (Blockova)
52
,
59
Ravensbrück: Auschwitz evacuees arrive
482
,
487
–
8
; beginning of mass killings
490
–
509
; categorisation of prisoners
25
,
76
; communist coup
77
–
80
,
88
–
9
; conscript guards
374
–
5
; construction and situation
19
–
20
; construction of gas chambers
469
–
72
; death rates
112
,
380
,
386
,
538
,
639
; designation of punishment camps
442
–
3
; dismissal of guards
29
–
30
; erection of tents
404
–
7
,
409
–
10
,
428
; evacuation
544
–
5
,
582
–
6
; and existence of gas chambers
552
–
5
,
575
,
646
; final evacuation
614
–
21
; final gassing at
604
; first execution
120
–
1
; first prisoner death
42
; first prisoners arrive
21
–
6
; food shortages
557
,
586
; increased pregnancy rates
353
,
411
–
12
;
la chasse
555
–
61
; last Jewish arrivals
462
–
3
; links with local community
193
–
6
; mass shootings
472
–
3
,
490
–
1
,
503
,
510
; memorial site
58
,
644
,
648
,
649
–
54
; men’s camp
93
,
599
–
600
,
621
; peak of mass killings
563
–
4
; prisoner numbers
27
,
75
,
129
,
185
,
278
,
386
,
548
,
639
,
650
–
1
; prisoner staff
118
–
19
; prisoners learn of mass killings
510
–
13
; rape of prisoners
624
–
9
; recruitment of guards
20
–
1
,
30
–
1
,
47
–
8
,
194
,
309
; Red Army enters
622
–
4
; reductions in rations
175
,
490
; return of Youth Camp prisoners
580
–
1
; rising prisoner numbers
37
–
8
,
84
,
121
,
278
–
9
,
371
–
3
,
380
–
1
; and run-up to war
38
–
9
; and satellite camps
289
–
90
,
292
,
309
,
386
,
422
,
582
–
3
,
615
,
650
–
1
; and self-sufficiency
176
; senior SS men arrive
468
–
9
; slum area
362
,
489
,
494
,
510
; SS accommodation
30
–
1
,
111
,
141
; SS flee
612
–
14
,
617
,
621
; stone prison block
50
,
66
; surge in arrivals
404
–
10
,
462
–
3
; wooden cell block
28
–
9