Adlington, Lucy
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- ISBN 13:
- 9780063030930
- author:
- Adlington, Lucy
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Harper Paperbacks
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 13.4 x 2.8 centimeters (0.3
- Genre:
- History, Jewish, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women who Sewed to Survive In the midst of one of the darkest periods in human history, a group of young women were given a chance to survive the Holocaust through their sewing skills. At the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, 25 Jewish women and girls were selected to work in a dedicated fashion workshop, where they designed, cut, and sewed beautiful clothes for elite Nazi women. This remarkable story, told by historian Lucy Adlington, sheds light on the Upper Tailoring Studio, a salon established by the camp commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers. The dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's upper crust, while also finding ways to resist the persecution and exploitation that surrounded them. Through the dressmakers' experiences, Adlington exposes the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich, offering a fresh perspective on a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust.
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