The Blessed Abyss: Inmate #6582 in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for Women

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THE BLESSED ABYSS THE BLESSED ABYSS Inmate #6582 in Ravensbriick Concentration Camp for Women Nanda Herbermann TranslatedbyHesterBaer Edited by HesterBaer andElizabeth R. Baer I WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS DETROIT Copyright © 2000 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Herbermann, Nanda, 1903-1979. [Gesegnete Abgrund. English] The blessed abyss : inmate #6582 in Ravensbriick concentration camp for women / Nanda Herbermann; translated by Hester Baer ; edited by Hester Baer and Elizabeth R. Baer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8143-2904-7 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8143-2920-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Ravensbriick (Concentration camp) 2. Herbermann, Nanda, 1903-1979. 3. Women political prisoners—Germany—Biography. I. Baer, Hester. II. Baer, Elizabeth Roberts. III. Title. D805.G3 H438 2000 940.531743157—dc21 00-032068 ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2920-7 ISBN-10: 0-8143-2920-9 ISBN 978-0-8143-2904-7 (cl) ISBN 978-0-8143-2920-7 (pb) eISBN 978-0-8143-3768-4 A photo section has been removed from the ebook, please refer to the print edition to view the images. FOR Emmie Herbermann Roberts AND James Herbert Roberts, parents andgrandparents extraordinaire, with gratitude andlove for allyou have taught us. ...