999 : the extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz
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Moorehead, Caroline, writer of foreword.
Published
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2020].
ISBN
9780806539362, 0806539364
Physical Desc
xxv, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Adult Nonfiction - Public Shelving
940.5318 MAC
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Published
New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2020].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780806539362, 0806539364

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-417) and index.
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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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Macadam, H. D., & Moorehead, C. (2020). 999: the extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz . Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Macadam, Heather Dune and Caroline, Moorehead. 2020. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Transport to Auschwitz. Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Macadam, Heather Dune and Caroline, Moorehead. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Transport to Auschwitz Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Macadam, Heather Dune,, and Caroline Moorehead. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Transport to Auschwitz Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2020.

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