The dressmakers of Auschwitz the true story of the women who sewed to survive
At the height of the Holocaust, young inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp-- mainly Jewish women and girls-- were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions in a dedicated salon for elite Nazi women. Call the Upper Tailoring Studio, it was established by the camp commandant&...
| Main Author: | Adlington, Lucy, 1970- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
2021.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Summary: |
At the height of the Holocaust, young inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp-- mainly Jewish women and girls-- were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions in a dedicated salon for elite Nazi women. Call the Upper Tailoring Studio, it was established by the camp commandant's wife and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers. Adlington follows the fates of these women. While exposing the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich, she shows how the women of the Studio played their part in camp resistance, providing a fresh look at a little-known chapter of history. -- adapted from jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-374) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780063030930 0063030934 9780063030923 0063030926 |
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