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Title The Nine : how a band of daring resistance women escaped from Nazi Germany / Gwen Strauss
Author Strauss, Gwen
Imprint London, UK : Manilla Press, 2021

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Geografi och historia  940.53 Podliasky engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 317 sidor 23 cm
Note "The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Helene Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked escape routes to Spain and hid Jewish children in scattered apartments. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo. They were subjected to a series of French prisons and deported to Germany. The group formed along the way, meeting at different points, in prison, in transit, and at Ravensbruck. By the time they were enslaved at the labor camp in Leipzig, they were a close-knit group of friends. During the final days of the war, forced onto a death march, the nine chose their moment and made a daring escape. Drawing on incredible research, this powerful, heart-stopping narrative is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times"--Publisher's description
Subject Podliasky, Hélène, 1920-2012
1900-1999
Andra världskriget 1939-1945
Krigsfångar
Politiska fångar
Kvinnliga politiska fångar
Kvinnliga krigsfångar
Kvinnliga koncentrationslägerfångar
Koncentrationsläger
Motståndsrörelser
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
Women Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Prisoner-of-war escapes.
Underground movements, War.
Women concentration camp inmates.
Women political prisoners.
Frankrike
Tyskland
France.
Germany.
Biografier
History.
Biographies.
History
Classmark 940.53174309252
ISBN/ISSN 9781786581150 pbk
1786581159
9781838772062 inbunden
1838772065
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