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The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
Heather Dune Macadam, Caroline Moorehead
Poland, European history, Second World War
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- Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529329353 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 28, 2020 | 9781529329322 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329339 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329346 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529329353 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 28, 2020 | 9781529329322 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329339 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329346 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529329353 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 28, 2020 | 9781529329322 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329339 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329346 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Jan 27, 2021 | 9781529329353 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Jan 28, 2020 | 9781529329322 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329339 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 23, 2020 | 9781529329346 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.
'Books such as this are essential: they remind modern readers of events that should never be forgotten' - Caroline Moorehead
On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women-many of them teenagers-were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reichsmarks (about 160) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labour. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few would survive.
The facts of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz are little known, yet profoundly relevant today. These were not resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There were no men among them. Sent to almost certain death, the young women were powerless and insignificant not only because they were Jewish-but also because they were female. Now, acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their poignant stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history.
Praise for The Nine Hundred: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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An important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history. - Daily Express
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Heather Dune Macadam does the formidable work of piecing together their journey... the history of the girls from the first transport is riveting. - TLS
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