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The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive / Lucy Adlington

By:

Adlington, Lucy, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021Edition: First US editionDescription: 381 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780063030930

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.53 ADL

Contents:

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?

Summary: Drawing on a vast array of sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, this powerful book tells the story of the brave women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, exposing the greed, cruelty and hypocrisy of the Third Reich.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	940.53 ADL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002570

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drawing on a vast array of sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, this powerful book tells the story of the brave women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, exposing the greed, cruelty and hypocrisy of the Third Reich.

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