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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 titles include Trail of Stones, The Night Shimmy, Ruth and the Green Book, The Hiding Game, and The Nine, a work of historical non-fiction, released in 2021 and sold to seventeen countries, as well as being under option for a TV series. This episode we'll discuss her most recent historical non-fiction, Milena and Margarete, A Love Story in Ravensbrück, which Publisher’s Weekly described as “a propulsive recounting of a powerful love.” Strauss lives in Southern France and works as the Executive Director of the Dora Maar House, an artist residency program and cultural center. 

Ms. Strauss's website: link here or www.gwenstrauss.com.

Book link: Link at MacMillan.

As mentioned this podcast series has two other episodes that detail the importance and "power" of the arts in the WW2 concentration camps. Those episodes are:

1) The Women of Terezin, Jan 2024 and 2) Viktor Ullman: Music and a Will to Live During the Holocaust, Aug 2022. 

I am also pleased to announce my podcasts about Amalia Kussner resulted in her biography titled: The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner's Pursuit of Fame and Fortune. See my website, for online links to purchase (www.kathleenlangone.com).

Kathleen's social media: Instagram/Threads: @phihpod, Facebook: Kathleen Langone Author.