
999
The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz
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Suzanne Toren
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.
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Most important history
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Ms. Macadam writes about a painful chapter in World history. Single women from Slovakia were offered work, little did they know it was not to be. These young women knew each other in Slovakia and were the 1st Jews to be transported to Auschwitz. The book weaves together their journey and survival of the worst 3 years one can imagine. Yet, there is more than history. Their stories are stories of healing and of hope, of love and courage, of sisterhood.
I recommend reading their stories, not as another holocaust book, but to meet brave women who held onto hope as hard as that is to imagine.
Suzanne Toren narration is excellent.
Understanding transport and lies, Never Forget
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Even though they are gone, they will NEVER! Be forgotten. Love.
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The writing style of this author kept me focused on the book until it was finished. And it left me wanting more! The introduction of each person, the relationships and interrelationships of the woman flowed easily! Such a well scripted and intricate style takes great talent!
As a side note, I want to share that I had a great conversation about the people in the book with my 20-year-old grandson. He was interested in learning more.
To those who wrote or contributed in any way, I'd report you achieved your goal!
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