Milena and Margarete - Passionate Friends at Ravensbruck

About this episode

This episode explores the relationship between Margarete and Milena in the Ravensbrück concentration camp during WW2.

Send us Fan Mail This episode recommended for those 16 and older. This episode covers the brave relationship between Margarete and Milena, when imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp during WW2 and how those in same-sex relationships were viewed in Germany. The author of their story, Gwen Strauss, also shares details about the only all-women concentration camp and the worsening conditions with time. Gwen Strauss is a New York Times bestselling author and poet, whose titl...

People in this episode

Host: Kathleen Langone

Guest: Gwen Strauss

Topics covered

• same-sex relationships
• concentration camps
• Ravensbrück
• historical relationships
• women in history

Keywords

• Ravensbrück
• Margarete
• Milena
• Gwen Strauss
• WW2
• same-sex relationships
• concentration camp
• women's history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ravensbrück

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