The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive

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Label

The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive

Title remainder

the true story of the women who sewed to survive

Statement of responsibility

Lucy Adlington

Creator

• Adlington, L. J., (Lucy J.), 1970-

Author

• Adlington, L. J., (Lucy J.), 1970-

Subject

• Biography & Memoir (Western Europe)
• Clothing and dress -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Clothing and dress -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
• Dressmaking -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
• Fashion -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
• Jewish women in the Holocaust
• The Holocaust (Western Europe)
• 20th Century history (c 1914+) (Western Europe)
• Women dressmakers -- Poland -- Biography
• Women's clothing -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Poland -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland -- Biography
• Women Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Biography
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

The 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 notorious Second World War death camps. At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls, were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop, called the Upper Tailoring Studio, was established by Hedwig Hoss, the camp commandant's wife, and patronised by the wives of SS guards and officers. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's upper crust. Drawing on diverse sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to play their part in camp resistance. Weaving the dressmakers' remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh look at a little-known chapter of the Second World War and the Holocaust

Cataloging source

NJB

Dewey number

940.5318

Illustrations

• illustrations
• photographs

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult