Name: The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women who Sewed to Survive
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Author: Lucy Adlington
ISBN: 9780063030930

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Lucy Adlington

Publisher

Harper Paperbacks

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.0 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9780063030930

Synopsis "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.

Lucy Adlington

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Lucy Adlington es una historiadora y novelista británica con más de veinte años de experiencia en investigación histórica. Es autora de siete novelas para adolescentes que han sido nominadas y preseleccionadas para la Medalla Carnegie de CILIP, el Premio del Libro de Manchester, el Premio del Libro de Leeds y el Premio del Libro de Rotherham. Su novela La cinta roja se ha convertido en un best seller mundial. También dirige History Wardrobe, una empresa que organiza charlas sobre historia con vestuario de distintas épocas.

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