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[email protected] ‘Enfer Des Femmes’: Britain and The Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trials By Heather Stracey Canterbury Christ Church University Thesis submitted For Masters by Research September 2017 1 Table of Contents: Abstract page 4 Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations 8 Prologue: Impressions of Ravensbrück 10 Introduction: Ravensbrück and War Crimes in Historical Perspective 14 Chapter 1: When ‘Conceptions of Justice Do Not Always Tally With Our Own’: 24 Human Rights and Bipolar Politics Prior to the First Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trials Chapter 2: The Seven Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trials 36 i. The First Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trial ii. The Second Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trial iii. The ‘Uckermark Trial’ iv. The ‘Doctors and Nurses Case’ v. The Fifth Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trial vi. The Sixth Ravensbrück-Hamburg Trial vii.