Download or read book Michelangelo in Ravensbruck written by Karolina Lanckoronska and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, Countess Karolina Lanckoronska, professor and wealthy landowner, joined the Polish underground, was arrested, sentenced to death, and was held in Ravensbruck concentration camp. There she taught art history to other women who, like her, might be dead in a few days. This inspiring and beautifully written memoir records a neglected side of World War II: the mass murder of Poles, the serial horrors inflicted by both Russians and Nazis, and the immense courage of those who resisted.