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A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

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Author Caroline Moorehead

Format Paperback

Publisher Harper Perennial

Category French History

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 lyc�e; 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.

Authors

Caroline Moorehead

Additional Info

  • Release Date: 2012-10-23
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780061650710
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