They wore a strange pastiche of civilian clothes — prisoners pushed out a death camp in mouldering frocks and at least one gown. In the camp one day, the Red Cross approached a Canadian Sgt. The Red Cross man asked him if he could supply the Red Cross with drivers and mechanics, enough of them to keep three convoys of relief trucks operating all across Germany. Three hundred made it through — 299 French and Karolina Lanckorońska, a Polish countess with personal ties to the Red Cross. The quotes from Denise DuFournier were taken from the 1948 English translation of her book Ravensbruck: The Women’s Camp of Death.

Source: National Post January 27, 2020 11:37 UTC