A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
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New York : Harper Perennial, 2012.
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9780061650710, 0061650714
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LC Subjects
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Biographies.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
History.
Women Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Oświęcim -- Biography.
Women prisoners of war -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France -- Biography.
Biographies.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
History.
Women Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Oświęcim -- Biography.
Women prisoners of war -- France -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2012.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
374 pages, 14 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780061650710, 0061650714
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-351) and index.
Description
"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 lycée; 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."--Page 4 of cover.
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Moorehead, C. (2012). A train in winter: an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France (First Harper Perennial edition.). Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moorehead, Caroline. 2012. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Moorehead, Caroline. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France Harper Perennial, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Moorehead, Caroline. A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France First Harper Perennial edition., Harper Perennial, 2012.
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