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Meet the French Women Who Defied the Nazis

JL;DR SUMMARY Lynne Olson's book, "The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück," chronicles the inspiring stories of four non-Jewish French women who resisted the Nazis and were subsequently imprisoned at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustWorld War IiNazisSurvivorsWomenSisterhoodFrench ResistanceDefianceRavensbrück

Places mentioned

Ravensbrück, Brandenburg, Germany
"Ravensbrück was unusual among the camps set up by the Third Reich."
France
"even less attention has been paid to the fact that many of them continued to resist the Germans while at Ravensbrück."
United States
"the appearance today of all those threats in the United States and elsewhere."

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