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An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
Harper
November 2011
On Sale: November 8, 2011
384 pages
ISBN: 0061650706
EAN: 9780061650703
Kindle: B005FFV3Z6
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Non-Fiction History
They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and
housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental
surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed
subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to
safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine
messages. The youngest was a schoolgirl of fifteen who
scrawled "V" for victory on the walls of her lycÉe; the
eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped
Allied airmen. Strangers to each other, hailing from
villages and cities from across France, these brave women
were united in hatred and defiance of their Nazi occupiers. Eventually, the Gestapo hunted down 230 of these women and
imprisoned them in a fort outside Paris. Separated from home
and loved ones, these disparate individuals turned to one
another, their common experience conquering divisions of
age, education, profession, and class, as they found solace
and strength in their deep affection and camaraderie. In January 1943, they were sent to their final destination:
Auschwitz. Only forty-nine would return to France. A Train in Winter draws on interviews with these women and
their families; German, French, and Polish archives; and
documents held by World War II resistance organizations to
uncover a dark chapter of history that offers an inspiring
portrait of ordinary people, of bravery and survival—and of
the remarkable, enduring power of female friendship.
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