{"product_id":"9781915179821-mare","title":"The Mare","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003eBased on a true story - Hermine Braunsteiner was the first person to be extradited from the United States for Nazi war crimes. The Mare tells Hermine and Russell's story for the first time in fiction. It explores how an ordinary woman could descend so quickly into evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinarily powerful\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An incredibly gripping and thought-provoking read.\" \u003ci\u003eHistoria Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs heard on \u003ci\u003eWoman's Hour on BBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a True Story\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHermine Braunsteiner is the first person to be extradited from the Unites States for Nazi war crimes. Hermine was one of a few thousand women to work as a female concentration camp guard. Prisoners nicknamed her 'the Mare' because she kicked people to death. When the camps were liberated, Hermine escaped and fled back to Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany years later, she met Russell Ryan, an American man holidaying in Austria. They fell in love, married and moved to New York, where she lived a quiet life as an adoring suburban housewife, beloved friend and neighbour. No one, not even her husband, knew the truth of her past, until one day a New York Times journalist knocked on their door, blowing their lives apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Mare tells Hermine and Russell's story for the first time in fiction. It explores how an ordinary woman could descend so quickly into evil, examining the role played by government propaganda, ideology, fear and cognitive dissonance, and asks why her husband chose to stay with her despite discovering what she had done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55415242719606,"sku":"9781915179821","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33801189.jpg?v=1744883151","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915179821-mare","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}