A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France

Summary: In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.

Item details

ISBN: 9780061650703 (hc. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0061650706 (hc. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
374 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-351) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part one. An enormous toy full of subtleties -- The flame of French resistance -- Daughters of the Enlightenment -- The hunt for resisters -- Waiting for the wolf -- Indulgent towards women -- Recognising the unthinkable -- "We have other plans for them" -- Frontstalag 122 ; Part two. Le Convoi des 31000 -- The meaning of friendship -- Keeping alive, remaining me -- The disposables -- Pausing before the battle -- Slipping into the shadows -- The women.

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World War, 1939-1945 Women France Biography
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