A review by laurahastoomanywips
The Nine: How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story by Gwen Strauss
5.0
This story of nine resistance women, told by one of their great-nieces (using interviews and memoirs) was an incredible read for me. I have read other books wrote about survivors of the camps but this one has been one of the most informative and effective I have read.
It tells the story of the nine, of their escape whilst on an infamous death march and during the telling of this, it flashes back to what each did in the resistance, their capture and their time in the camps before the march. It also tells of their life after they returned home.
This was a very harrowing read (the sections on their capture & time as prisoners) but it was told in such away that got the facts out, you could imagine each woman and the events as they happened.
Although it went backwards and forwards in time it was easy to follow and flowed well.
Thanks to the Pigeonhole and the author for the opportunity to read this book. Highly recommended.
It tells the story of the nine, of their escape whilst on an infamous death march and during the telling of this, it flashes back to what each did in the resistance, their capture and their time in the camps before the march. It also tells of their life after they returned home.
This was a very harrowing read (the sections on their capture & time as prisoners) but it was told in such away that got the facts out, you could imagine each woman and the events as they happened.
Although it went backwards and forwards in time it was easy to follow and flowed well.
Thanks to the Pigeonhole and the author for the opportunity to read this book. Highly recommended.