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Las modistas de Auschwitz by Lucy Adlington

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dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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5.0

An incredible story of survival in Auschwitz by Jewish seamstresses working in of all things a fashion salon set up by the commandant's wife. I was amazed to learn this existed, and learned so much more about the workings of this house of horrors - the 30 barracks of clothing and plundered goods that were utilized to outfit not only soldiers at the front but the wives of the SS officers stationed there. It was revealing to learn how the Nazis basically cut off their noses to spite their faces by getting rid of those who ran and worked in the textile industry throughout Europe, and how bad the camp theft was - officers shipping crates and crates of goods back to Germany for their families.

The women who survived needed this story told, and with every telling, it helps us to never forget what lust for power and hatred for the other did.