Gwen Strauss

The Nine (eBook, ePUB)

How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a breathtakingly bold escape and found their way home.

As the Second World War raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch Resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were forced on a Death March, facing starvation and almost certain death. Determined to survive, they made a bid for freedom, and so began one of the most breathtaking tales of escape and resilience of the Second World War.

The author is the great-niece of one of the nine, and she interweaves their gripping flight across war-torn Europe with her own detective work, uncovering the heart-stopping escape and survival of these heroes who fought fearlessly against Nazi Germany and lived to tell the tale.

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'A truly extraordinary tale, beautifully written, one that chills and excites, [A] work of rare passion, power and principle' Philippe Sands, author of East-West Street and The Ratline

'Utterly gripping' Anna Sebba author of Les Parisiennes

'The Nine is poignant, powerful, and shattering, distilling the horror of the Holocaust through the lens of nine unforgettable women...' Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781838772093
• Artikelnr.: 70244913

Autorenporträt

GWEN STRAUSS' poems, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals including The New Republic, London Sunday Times, New England Review, and Kenyon Review and she has published a collection of poetry, Trail of Stones. She was born and spent her early years in Haiti. Strauss lives in Southern France, where she is the Director of the artist's residency program at the Dora Maar House.

Inhaltsangabe

Map of Escape Route
Chapter One: Helene
Chapter Two: Zaza
Chapter Three: Nicole
Chapter Four: Lon and Guigui
Chapter Five: Zinka
Chapter Six: Josée
Chapter Seven: Jackie
Chapter Eight: Mena
Chapter Nine: The Longest Day
Chapter Ten: Return to Life
Chapter Eleven: Finding the Way Home
Chapter Twelve: It's Only a Goodbye
A Note to Readers
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Endnotes

Rezensionen

A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival. The story of Women's resistance during World War II needs to be told and The Nine accomplishes this in spades. Heather Morris Author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz