Prison on Wheels: From Ravensbrueck Burgau

by Eva Langley-Danos

Prison on Wheels is a remarkable diary kept by a young Hungarian woman, Eva Dános, during sixteen horror-filled days and nights of deportation by the Nazis in 1945. It is an eyewitness report of a 700-kilometer rail journey from Ravensbrück, north of Berlin, to Burgau, near Munich, one of the countless such operations that took place within Nazi Germany's vast network of labor- and concentration camps. What makes this account of particular interest is the fact that the author had been a member of a small, underground group in Budapest led by Gitta Mallasz (Talking with Angels), and her fellow-prisoners included some of these same comrades. Their humanity helped to sustain them.

Genres: Nonfiction

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very short recounting of the events surrounding a 16-day forced train deportation of concentration camp women. The narrative of Eva Danos is as shocking as any holocaust horror story, of which I have read many.

[Emmy Headstone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrifying account of transport from one camp to another. I love things Holocaust and this did not disappoint.