A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France Paperback - 2012
by Caroline Moorehead
In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. 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.
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They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera; a midwife; a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was a schoolgirl of sixteen, who scrawled "V" (for victory) on the walls of her lyce; the eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. Strangers to one another, hailing from villages and cities across France--230 brave women united in defiance of their Nazi occupiers--they were eventually hunted down by the Gestapo. Separated from home and loved ones, imprisoned in a fort outside Paris, they found solace and strength in their deep affection and camaraderie.
In January 1943, they were sent to their final destination: Auschwitz. Only forty-nine would return to France.
Drawing on interviews with these women and their families, and on documents in German, French, and Polish archives, A Train in Winter is a remarkable account of the extraordinary courage of ordinary people--a story of bravery, survival, and the enduring power of female friendship.
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- Title A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
- Author Caroline Moorehead
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, NY USA
- Date 2012-10-23
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780061650710 / 0061650714
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Holocaust
- Topical:
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.530
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- New York Times Book Review, 11/18/2012, Page 28
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