The nine : how a band of daring resistance women escaped from Nazi Germany / Gwen Strauss.
By: Strauss, Gwen [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Charnwood, 2024Edition: Large print edition.Description: 420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444852271.Other title: 9.Subject(s): Podliasky, Helene, 1920-2012 | Chatenay, Renee Lebon | Bordanava, Josephine, 1924- | Aubery du Boulley, Jacqueline | Maudet, Suzanne, 1921-1994 | Clarence, Nicole, 1922-2007 | Verstijnen, Madelon Leonore, 1916-2017 | Daendels, Guillemette | Le Guillou, Yvonne | Ravensbruck (Concentration camp) | Women concentration camp inmates -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France | Women internment camp inmates -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Women political prisoners -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Germany | Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography | Guerrillas -- France -- Biography | Guerrillas -- Netherlands -- Biography | Women Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Large type books.DDC classification: 940.53174309252 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: The thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the resistance, launched a bold escape and found their way home. As war raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were evacuated from the camp and forced on a death march. Determined to survive, they made a bid for freedom - and so began one of the most breathtaking tales of escape and resilience of the Second World War.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Eccleston Library Large Print | 940.53174309252 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 13/05/2024 | 38055013164330 |
The thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the resistance, launched a bold escape and found their way home. As war raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were evacuated from the camp and forced on a death march. Determined to survive, they made a bid for freedom - and so began one of the most breathtaking tales of escape and resilience of the Second World War.
Adult.