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Macadam, Heather Dune.
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- History.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors -- Slovakia.
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Macadam, Heather Dune.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- History.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors -- Slovakia.
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999 : the
extraordinary
young
women
of the
first
official
transport
to
Auschwitz
/ Heather Dune Macadam ; foreword by Caroline Moorehead.
by
Macadam, Heather Dune.
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2020.
Call #:
940.53185 M113n
Subjects
Auschwitz
(Concentration camp) -- History.
Jewish
women
in the Holocaust.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
Holocaust survivors -- Slovakia.
ISBN:
9780806539362 (hc.)
Alternate title:
999 : the
extraordinary
young
women
of the
first
official
Jewish
transport
to
Auschwitz
.
Nine
hundred
ninety-nine
: the
extraordinary
young
women
of the
first
official
transport
to
Auschwitz
Description:
xxv, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-417) and index.
Summary:
"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 Reich Marks (about $200) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labor. 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."--From publisher.
Other authors:
Moorehead, Caroline.
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