The Nine Hundred
The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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Edith Friedman Grosman
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Heather Dune Macadam
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Kristin Atherton
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The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia, on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.
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 Reichsmarks (about £160) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labour. 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.
With an introduction from the author and a final note written and read by Edith Friedman Grosman.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-08-2021
Heartbreaking
I have read many books on the holocaust and fround this extremely heartbreaking.. The story of strength, courage to survive. How another person can treat others with horrific cruelty. The narration was excellent. In tears at the end.
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- Vicky
- 12-03-2021
such strength
a very powerful story of such brave women. the story is harrowing. I cannot understand such cruelty by the SS and even the Slovaks themselves. it is astounding how these women's bodies could survive and how they had the strength to continue. Bless you all.
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- cornutnut
- 05-10-2021
Compulsory reading
This was the most harrowing story I have ever listened to. It's a vital book.
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- Liz Pralica
- 10-05-2022
Best book ever read
I am absolutely astounded by this book. It is sad, shocking, devastating, honest, and poignant, all at the same time. This is, by far, the best book I have EVER read. I look forward to reading more along these lines. Thank you so very much to the writer and narrators. 💚💚💚💚
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- Shane
- 17-02-2020
Deeply touched
As a father of three teenaged daughters this book had a great effect on me. I am greatful for the efforts to bring this forth and to not only underline the horrors that occurred be the strengh and willingness these girls had to survive and help all they could.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-05-2023
A brilliant account
In some ways I wonder if only a female author could have written this book… the empathy for the women is forefront, while the stories of the women give a unique and powerful narrative of everyday life in the camp. It’s a fantastic book, listen to it.
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- Dawn
- 21-12-2023
The best and the worst of humanity
This book deeply touched my heart and broke it on several occasions. How this could happen boggles the mind, and we all need to know about it, so it never happens again. Some terrible leaders in the world today would do this again. We must never let this happen. We must honour those that lived and died by the cowardly hands and minds of that terrible regime, to never let this happen again. Thank you for sharing your stories.
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- Jennifer sfeir
- 07-10-2021
a must be heard story
I loved how this story is told ,I admire those girls and how they endured all their lives during and after the war .
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- Teri
- 01-02-2020
Haunting, heartbreaking and inspirational
This book was phenomenal. The narratives of these young women desperately needed to be told and they were delt with carefully and honestly. In the trying times we live in, sometimes we need to be reminded of the horrors humanity are capable of and the incredible strength of those who defy and survive.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-09-2020
The Nine Hundred by Heather Dune Macadam
Profoundly moving. Valuable addition to Holocaust literature. We shd never forget mans cruelty to man.
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