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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.
"A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most...
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"One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters - a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities,...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2020]
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
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This young readers' edition is the remarkable untold story of the young Jewish women who became resistance fighters against the Nazis during World War II. As their communities were being destroyed, groups of Jewish women and teenage girls across Poland began transforming Jewish youth groups into resistance factions. These 'ghetto girls' helped build systems of underground bunkers, paid off the Gestapo, and bombed German train lines. At the center...
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