Irma Grese Schnell by Michael Orton Dew Paperback Book

Description: Irma Grese Schnell by Michael Orton Dew Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This is the story of Irma Grese who, over the course of three-quarters of a century since the end of World War II, remains one of the most controversial and compelling figures to have risen from the ashes of the Third Reich. She was the youngest and most quickly promoted SS-Helferin guard in Nazi Germany, just nineteen when she began at the Ravensbrck prison camp which Himmler built for women fifty miles north of Berlin. Eight months later, she was transferred to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the new extermination camp in Poland where, in but two years, at only twenty-one, she achieved the highest rank possible in the camps for a woman. Then, at only twenty-two, she was sentenced to hang by the British War Trials military tribunal...despite uncorroborated and conflicting testimonies about her, her own consistent denials of the charges facing her, and a puzzling silence from more than half of the witnesses gathered to provide evidence against her. This young wo-man who had tried to become a nurse, and had fantasized about becoming a film actress after the war, instead became Auschwitz infamous last Oberaufseherin, praised for her beauty as well as said to have been a "notorious, ferocious savage and the worst of SS women" who helped Josef Mengele send thousands of prisoners to their deaths in the gas chambers.Her story begins here, near the end of the war, at the end of her meteoric rise in Himmlers concentration camp system. Along with Mengele, and another camp doctor and their driver, with the Russian Red Army at their backs, she leaves Auschwitz during the mass camp evacuation in a blizzard heading back to Germany...back to where it all began for her at Ravensbrck. During the storm-shrouded journey, as if moving backwards in time, memories of her family, dreams, and the triggers of conversations with the others in the car, slowly reveal the events of her short life: her unhappy school days; the family tragedy when she was thirteen; her difficult and scarring relationship with her father; the powerful and important men in the Nazi hierarchy she encountered. Upon reaching Ravensbrck, the narrative then turns and begins to draw us forward along with her as she moves through the final year of her life, toward the trial for War Crimes awaiting her. Details ISBN-13 9798588276399 Title Irma Grese Schnell Author Michael Orton Dew Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 252 Publisher Independently Published GE_Item_ID:136362340; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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