Milena and Margarete - A Love Story in Ravensbrück: The Nazi's Concentration Camp for Women

A profoundly moving celebration of love under the darkest of circumstances From the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable. As Margaret wrote: "I was thankful for having been sent to Ravensbrück, because it was there I met Milena."

About the author

Gwen Strauss is an award-winning children's book author and poet. Her poetry, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous places including The New Republic, New England Review, Kenyon Review, London Sunday Times and Catapult. She lives in Southern France with her three children and her dog Zola, where she works as the Director of the Dora Maar House, an artist residency programme.

Product details

• Authors: Gwen Strauss, Strauss Gwen
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781785127083
• ISBN: 978-1-78512-708-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; True war & combat stories, Of specific Lesbian interest, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Relating to lesbians, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Holocaust Memorial or Remembrance Days, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust