A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France /

In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time, a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essentia...

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Main Author:	Moorehead, Caroline
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Women > France > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France. Women concentration camp inmates > Poland > Oświęcim > Biography. Women prisoners of war > France > Biography. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Female friendship > France. France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.

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Summary:	In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time, a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.
Item Description:	"Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	374 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-351) and index.
ISBN:	9780061650703 (hc. : alk. paper) 0061650706 (hc. : alk. paper)