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

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Label

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

Title remainder

the true story of the women who sewed to survive

Statement of responsibility

Lucy Adlington

Creator

• Adlington, Lucy, 1970-

Author

• Adlington, Lucy, 1970-

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
• Dressmakers
• Women prisoners
• Jewish women in the Holocaust

Language

eng

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
• 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

Has edition

• Dressmakers of Auschwitz

Cataloging source

XYZ

Dewey number

940.53/18

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• D804.47
• D805.5.A96

LC item number

• .A353 2021
• A35 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography