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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
By: Lucy Adlington
Paperback | 30 August 2022 | Edition Number 1
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The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.
At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers.
This fashion workshop - called the Upper Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Hoss, the camp commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin's upper crust.
Drawing on diverse sources - including interviews with the last surviving seamstress - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to play their part in camp resistance. Weaving the dressmakers' remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh look at a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust.
About the Author
Lucy Adlington is a British dress historian with more than twenty years' experience researching social history. Adlington runs History Wardrobe, a company which presents costume-in-context talks across the UK. Her non-fiction publications include: Women's Lives and Clothes in WWII: Ready for Action and Stitches in Time - the Story of the Clothes we Wear.
Lucy Adlington lives on a farm in Yorkshire.
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ISBN: 9781529311983
ISBN-10: 1529311985
Published: 30th August 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 400
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 3.4 x 13.1 x 19.9
Weight (kg): 0.3
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- Non-FictionHistorySpecific Events & Topics in HistoryGeonocide & Ethnic CleansingThe Holocaust
- Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentDesign, Industrial & Commercial Arts, IllustrationFashion & Textiles DesignHistory of Fashion
- Non-FictionHistoryMilitary HistorySecond World War
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureCultural StudiesFashion & Society