Mistress of life and death the dark journey of Maria Mandl, head overseer of the womens camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
This gripping account of the highest-ranked woman in the Third Reich who, as Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, was personally responsible for the murder, torture and suffering of countless prisoners, explores how she became to embody the very worst of humanity.
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Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.,
[2024]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Eischeid, Susan J., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Mistress of life and death : |b the dark journey of Maria Mandl, head overseer of the womens camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau / |c Susan J. Eischeid. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., |c [2024] | |
| 300 | |a xv, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a This gripping account of the highest-ranked woman in the Third Reich who, as Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, was personally responsible for the murder, torture and suffering of countless prisoners, explores how she became to embody the very worst of humanity. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-440) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Maria, September 1946 -- Hometown -- Childhood -- Coming of age -- Anschluss -- Aufseherin -- KZ Lichtenburg -- A good, orderly life -- "Rein kommt Ihr alle, aber niemals wieder lebend raus!" -- The transformation -- Ravensbrück -- Daily life -- The visit -- "To work!" -- Leisure time -- Christmas in Ravensbrück -- The prisoners -- The bunker -- In charge -- The mistress of life and death -- The hunt of the curly-heads -- The biggest cruelty -- Lab rabbits -- The transfer -- Antefoom to Hell -- Hell -- Order and discipline -- Appell was torture -- A normal life -- Oberaufseherin -- The lover -- The "ladies" -- "Mandelka" -- The embodiment of Satan -- "We ALLOW you to work for us!" -- Humiliated, appalled, helpless -- A pause, to acknowledge courage -- The whip -- Selections -- All begging was in vain -- "I often cried" -- The orchestra -- Hope -- Alma -- At the gate -- "She would look beautiful" -- The men -- "The orchestra means life!" -- Christmas in Auschwitz -- The paradox -- The children -- The child was eaten by rats -- An untimely death -- Mala -- Summer of '44/Homecoming -- The living Hell -- Dissolution -- Mühldorf -- Escape and capture -- Dachau -- Margit -- Treated with respect -- Extradition -- Selbstmord -- The beater becomes the beaten -- Cieszyn -- Montelupich -- Arrival in prison -- Harsh, but better -- The escape -- Time passed slowly -- Cellmates -- "Pani Jadzia" -- Always full of ideas -- Personal encounters -- The dirties -- "Virgin mother of my God, let me be fully your own" -- The tribunal -- The lawyers -- Rymar -- Deposition -- The trial -- In session -- Opening -- The case against Mandl -- The evidence -- Defense -- The game is lost (final innings) -- The press -- Challenge of the orchestra women -- Closing arguments -- Guilty -- Sentence -- The waiting -- Christmas Eve 1947 -- Zaba -- Father Stark -- Rachwalowa and the shower room -- Si non è vero -- Remorse -- Hanging, by rope, until dead -- Site of execution -- EGZEKUCJA -- It begins -- The death of Maria -- Sentence complete -- Aftermath -- Certificate of death -- The accounting -- The family -- The father -- What might have been -- Coda. | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Mandl, Maria. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women Nazis |z Germany |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nazi concentration camps |z Poland |x Officials and employees |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |x Political activity |z Germany |x History |y 20th century |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |z Germany. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Germany |x Politics and government |y 1933-1945. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Atrocities. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Germany |x History |y 1933-1945. | |
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