large number, right, i are to then kind of bring it down to individual faces to put faces on the perpetratorrers. since in the history books, they are often very demonized and presented as kind of freebs -- freaks of nature or sadistic figures even pornographically so. i want to present the reality, these women when they came of age, they were people we could relate to. they were likable figures. the book kind of you warm up to them in the beginning, then you start to see how they are transformed by being moved to the east, and confronting witnessing the violence. then we see, you know, different reaction. the spectrum of that behavior. this is really the main story of it. >> were women supportive of the nazi regime as it came to power in the early '30s. >> they were. they were involved in -- there was a political awakingen and explosion. they were involved in a communist movement and a number of people's movements what would be right-wing movements. and moderate social democratic party, they were largely represented, so they were really, you know, active in all. place are placed to the role of