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katuoo7's review against another edition
5.0
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz was compassionately and beautifully written. Adlington does a detailed and wide spread approach to the matter of clothing's role on humanity. Thoroughly described the Nazi regime from rise, height, and briefly, its collapse. She draws back the curtain on The Upper Tailoring Studio, run by Hedwig Hoss, wife of Rudolf Hoss (Kommandment of Auschwitz); a haute fashion salon run exclusively on Jewish labor.
I found especially interesting Adlington's depictions of the structure of Auschwitz-Birkenau from camp layout, personnel -- both SS and incarcerated, and the larger Nazi regime. Additionally the need to dehumanize the Jewish and other Non-Aryans through the use or lack thereof of clothing.
I found especially interesting Adlington's depictions of the structure of Auschwitz-Birkenau from camp layout, personnel -- both SS and incarcerated, and the larger Nazi regime. Additionally the need to dehumanize the Jewish and other Non-Aryans through the use or lack thereof of clothing.
bobgray89's review against another edition
3.75
It was a great book although bloated. Hard to keep track at times with the changing discussion, sometimes between sentences. Given all the names and first 100 pages being mostly about 19th century German fashion.
ethana's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Antisemitism, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, and Abortion
skellig19's review against another edition
Found it too difficult to follow all the names and places as the writing tends to jump around. I got confused rather quickly and realized this probably wasn't the book for me for now. Might give it another go sometime in the future.
awesomebrandi's review against another edition
4.0
This is a very powerful non-fiction book about a set of women who were put to work sewing at Auschwitz. It goes over their various histories, and how they ended up coming together at Auschwitz at a Tailoring group put together by wife of a monster, and monster herself, Hedwig Hoss, wife of Rudolph Hoss, mass murderer.
This book has a lot of great information, but it is definitely no holds barred. As it should be. This is not an easy book to read, especially if you have a sensitive heart as I do. But, history like this is vital for all of us, so that we aren't doomed to repeat it. It's important to be wildly horrified at the atrocities that were committed against the souls lost and tortured during the Nazi led terror.
I really enjoyed the little intimate details that the author was able to gather about the women primarily featured in this book. There are also some great photos, to help you connect with the women. I did appreciate there are no violent photos, but there is plenty of detailed information on some of the horrors involved. It also gives you the overview of what the survivors did after the war, which was nice. It also includes an interview with the last remaining dressmaker, before she passed away in 2021.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking to gain more insight into details of Auschwitz. I would rate this teen and above, because of the extremely graphic and detailed content spelled out in the book.
This book has a lot of great information, but it is definitely no holds barred. As it should be. This is not an easy book to read, especially if you have a sensitive heart as I do. But, history like this is vital for all of us, so that we aren't doomed to repeat it. It's important to be wildly horrified at the atrocities that were committed against the souls lost and tortured during the Nazi led terror.
I really enjoyed the little intimate details that the author was able to gather about the women primarily featured in this book. There are also some great photos, to help you connect with the women. I did appreciate there are no violent photos, but there is plenty of detailed information on some of the horrors involved. It also gives you the overview of what the survivors did after the war, which was nice. It also includes an interview with the last remaining dressmaker, before she passed away in 2021.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking to gain more insight into details of Auschwitz. I would rate this teen and above, because of the extremely graphic and detailed content spelled out in the book.
deniselk's review against another edition
5.0
This was a powerful book to read. It's non-fiction, so not light hearted. But a very fascinating look at the history of clothing and sewing through the Holocaust.
londbowers's review against another edition
3.0
This book was good, but not great. It was an interesting perspective of Auschwitz that I had not read about before. The storyline is okay, it was an easy read, overall eh.