The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System (Schiffer Military History) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Daniel Patrick Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2002

The first complete resource devoted to the SS-Aufseherinnen- the female guards of the German concentration camps during World War II. In addition, the role of the girl's youth organization in developing future overseers, and the eventual recruitment, training, and employment of these women in likewise examined. Professor Brown's timely work fills a void in the terrible annals of Nazism; at last, the women guards and their crimes are subject to public scrutiny.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (January 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764314440
• ISBN-13: 978-0764314445
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, July 13, 2007

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Edith Swanek (Anaheim, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

This is a strange book, with no mention of how these women supported one another other than a photo or two of them relaxing together (and I myself have more interesting photos of that from a copy of a 1946 Yank newspaper!), no interviews, no diaries, no mention of whether they testified in post-war trials for or against one another, no mention of what defense their attorneys put up, no mention of the kind of lives those not convicted of anything then lived out, a photo of Himmler inspecting their unit with nary a word of what he said, and virtually no quotes from any of the women themselves. This book almost make one wish someone like David Irving, who might be expected to be prejudiced in their favor but would also certainly have seriously delved into these womens' lives, had written it....

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mainly a Roster, October 25, 2005

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William Markley (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

While there are 2 or 3 very brief essays in this book, the vast majority of pages consist of a roster of women who helped run the Nazi concentration camps. I gave this item only 2 stars in part because the title should more accurately reflect this. If you want extensive narrative you'll need to look elsewhere.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars big list, May 3, 2006

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Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)

The bulk of this book is an endless list of women's names possibly emplyed as Aufseherins by the SS in the Concentration camps. Added to that is a nice essay about these women and some pictures.

Could use a lot more work.