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The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

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Written by: Heather Dune Macadam, Caroline Moorehead - foreword
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women - many of them teenagers - were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reich Marks (about $200) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labor. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few would survive.

The facts of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz are little known, yet profoundly relevant today. These were not resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There were no men among them. Sent to almost certain death, the young women were powerless and insignificant not only because they were Jewish - but also because they were female. Now acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their poignant stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history.

©2019 Heather Dune Macadam (P)2019 Tantor Europe Germany Jewish Heritage Judaism Military Survival War Holocaust Slovak Language

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... and those shared about those who didn’t. A harrowing reminder of why we can never let this happen again! Stories of strength, compassion and determination of these young women.

Heart wrenching stories from girls who survived ...

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This was hard to listen to at times, afterwards I googled some of the names to see actual photos, and found myself weeping for the people treated so brutally by the evil nazi regime. The author did a wonderful job of helping readers understand how awful it really was in Aushwitz. Truly the Jewish people have been mistreated throughout history!

Heartwrenching, brilliantly told

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