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The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive. 
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Publication year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Classification: 940.5318
Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021.
ISBN: 9781529311969 (hbk.) : 20.00
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At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp 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.
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