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

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Nanda Herbermann {left) and her twin sister, Anna Helene or "Leni," 1928. Courtesy ofJoan Hundhausen. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Brothers Clemens Josef Herbermann (b. 1908), known as "Joos" {left), and Johannes Wilhelm Leander Herbermann (b. 1900), who emigrated to the United States. Courtesy ofJoan Hundhausen. Brother Joos, SS (Schutzstaffel), 1944. Joos was captured and spent part of the war in POW camps in Huntsville, Texas, and Marysville, California. Courtesy of Joan Hundhausen. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Nanda Herbermann, date uncertain. Nanda sent this photo to her twin sister, Leni, in America in 1950. Courtesy ofJoan Hundhausen. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Nanda Herbermann, early 1960s. Courtesy of Bernie Herbermann. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Nanda Herbermann and siblings, November 7,1964. From left (seated) Agnes Herbermann Eller (b. 1917), Sister Lamberta (Anna) Herbermann (b. 1894) Nanda; (standing), Annalies Drees, married to Clemens, Clemens Herbermann (b. 1910), Joos Herbermann (b. 1908). Courtesy of Bernie Herbermann Please refer to the print version to view this image. Portrait of Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen, 1933. Galen (1878-1946) was appointed archbishop of Nanda Herbermann's hometown, Minister, in 1933. Copyright unknown; rights: SV-Bilderdienst. Bild 183/R 32494. Permission granted by Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany. The courtyard of the Alexanderplatz prison, April 1933. Nanda Herbermann was imprisoned here in the summer of 1941, en route to Ravensbriick. National Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Map of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp for Women, drawn byJamison Conley. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Ravensbriick Concentration Camp for Women. Arrival of a new transport of women, ca. 1940. Dokumentationsarchiv des Oesterreichischen Widerstandes, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. View of the barracks at Ravensbriick, 1940-41. Lydia Chagoll, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Forced labor of women prisoners in the camp laundry, 1940-42. Mahn- und Gedenkstatte Ravensbriick, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Female prisoners at forced labor in Ravensbruck, 1940-42. These women are pushing large carts filled with construction materials along a track. Mahn- und Gedenkstatte Ravensbruck, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Ravensbruck inmates at forced labor, 1939-45. Lydia Chagoll, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Photograph of the leg of a survivor from Ravensbriick who was subjected to medical experiments at the camp in 1942. The disfiguring scars resulted from incisions that were intentionally infected with germs, dirt, and glass to simulate war wounds; these wounds were then treated with experimental sulfur drugs. This photo was taken after the war and used as evidence at the Nuremberg trials against Nazi doctors, which were held between October 1946 andJuly 1947. Copyright unknown; rights: SV-Bilderdienst Munich, Germany. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Reichsfiihrer-SS Heinrich Himmler inspects the Ravensbriick Concentration Camp for Women, 1941. In chapter 29, Nanda Herbermann describes one of at least four visits Himmler made to Ravensbriick. Mahn- und Gedenkstatte Ravensbriick, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Women prisoners in Ravensbriick Concentration Camp. Probably a liberation photograph, 1945. Dokumentationsarchiv des Oesterreichischen Widerstandes, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives. Please refer to the print version to view this image. Please refer to the print version to view this image. ...