Cover of Milena - Kafkas Freundin

Margarete Buber-Neumann

Milena - Kafkas Freundin

1963

This biography examines the life of Milena Jesenská, a Czech journalist who was Franz Kafka's friend and correspondent, focusing on her imprisonment as a political prisoner at Ravensbrück concentration camp during World War II. The author, who was also imprisoned at Ravensbrück, provides a personal account of Milena's final years and her relationship with Kafka.

Austrian AuthorsBiographyGerman Prisoners and prisonsJournalistsPolitical prisonersRavensbrück (Concentration camp)Relations with womenWorld War, 1939-1945