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The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive / Lucy Adlington.
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- ISBN: 9780063030923
- ISBN: 0063030926
- ISBN: 9780063030930
- ISBN: 0063030934
- Physical Description: 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
- Copyright: ℗♭2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-374) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- One of the few who survived -- The one and only power -- What next, how to continue? -- The yellow star -- The customary reception -- You want to stay alive -- I want to live here till I die -- Out of ten thousand women -- Solidarity and support -- The air smells like burning paper -- They want us to be normal? |
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| Subject: | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps. Jewish women in the Holocaust. Women prisoners. Dressmakers. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Orford Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orford Free Library | 940.53/18 | 34446000119144 | Adult fiction | Available | - |
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz : The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz : The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp--mainly Jewish women and girls--were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop--called the Upper Tailoring Studio--was established by Hedwig Höss, the camp commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's upper crust. Drawing on diverse sources--including interviews with the last surviving seamstress--The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to play their part in camp resistance. Weaving the dressmakers' remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh look at a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust.
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