The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2022
Summary
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
The powerful story 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 WWII 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529311969 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529311969 |
| Author: | Lucy Adlington |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 40mm |
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Compelling… Adlington tells the stories of the women with clarity and steely precision.
Compelling… Adlington tells the stories of the women with clarity and steely precision. * Jewish Chronicle *
About The Author
Lucy Adlington
Lucy Adlington is a British dress historian with more than twenty years’ experience researching social history. Adlington runs History Wardrobe, a company which presents costume-in-context talks across the UK. Her non-fiction publications include: Women’s Lives and Clothes in WWII: Ready for Action and Stitches in Time - the Story of the Clothes we Wear.
Lucy Adlington lives on a farm in Yorkshire.
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