A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship and survival in World War Two
Title
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A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship and survival in World War Two
Personal Author EPSB
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Caroline. Moorehead
Summary
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On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz-the only train in the four years of German occumpation, to take women of the Resistance to a death camp. Caroline Moorehead's remarkable book is the story of these women. It is about who they were, how and why they joined the Resistance, how they were captured, their journey to Auschwitz and their daily life in the death camps - and what it was like for the 49 survivors when they returned to France.
Year Published
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2012
Physical Description
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374 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Subject
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
Women prisoners of war -- France -- Biography.
Biography. -- Birkenau (Concentration camp) -- Female friendship.
Geographic Term
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France -- History.
Summary
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On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz-the only train in the four years of German occumpation, to take women of the Resistance to a death camp. Caroline Moorehead's remarkable book is the story of these women. It is about who they were, how and why they joined the Resistance, how they were captured, their journey to Auschwitz and their daily life in the death camps - and what it was like for the 49 survivors when they returned to France.
ISBN
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9780307356956
Publisher
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Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2012.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Edmonton Christian High | 940.53 MOO | Book | 30905000031660 | Non-Fiction |