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A train in winter an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France

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In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essenti...

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Main Author: Moorehead, Caroline
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
Edition:1st U.S. ed
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > France > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
Women prisoners of war > France > Biography.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Female friendship > France.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
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Summary:In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.
Item Description:"Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-351) and index.
ISBN:9780061650703 (hc. : alk. paper)
0061650706 (hc. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo and Martha Gellhorn. Her books include Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees, Dancing to the Precipice, A Train in Winter, and Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France.

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