03157cam a2200517 i 4500 1267404871 OCoLC 20211214144004.0 210907r20212021nyua b 001 0 eng d 9780063030923 0063030926 9780063030930 0063030934 (OCoLC)1267404871 (OCoLC)1227086780 AJM e-pl--- Adlington, Lucy, 1970- author. 9631 The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive / Lucy Adlington. First US edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] ©2021 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-374) and index. Introduction -- One of the few who survived -- The one and only power -- What next, how to continue? -- The yellow star -- The customary reception -- You want to stay alive -- I want to live here till I die -- Out of ten thousand women -- Solidarity and support -- The air smells like burning paper -- They want us to be normal? 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. Called 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. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) fast (OCoLC)fst00723014 9632 fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 1939-1945 fast 629 World War, 1939-1945 Concentration camps. 9633 Jewish women in the Holocaust. 9634 Women prisoners. 2945 Dressmakers. 9635 Concentration camps. fast (OCoLC)fst00872933 9636 Dressmakers. fast (OCoLC)fst00897998 9635 Jewish women in the Holocaust. fast (OCoLC)fst00983091 9634 Women prisoners. fast (OCoLC)fst01178398 2945 Biographies. lcgft 5221 Reproduction of (manifestation): Adlington, L.J. (Lucy J.), 1970- Dressmakers of Auschwitz. London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021 9781529311969 .b172205451 ddc BOOK 27949 27949 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2021-12-14 17.99 5 940.53 ADLI 63322 2022-06-07 2022-03-17 2021-12-14 BOOK 1