01515cam a2200373 i 4500 515604889 TxAuBib 20211006120000.0 210907s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2021022437 9780063030930 paperback $17.99 0063030934 paperback $17.99 (OCoLC)1267420669 TxAuBib rda Adlington, L. J., 1970-, (Lucy J.) The dressmakers of Auschwitz : the true story of the women who sewed to survive / Lucy Adlington. First U.S. edition. New York : Harper, 2021. 381 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-374) and index. Drawing on a vast array of sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, this powerful book tells the story of the brave women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, exposing the greed, cruelty and hypocrisy of the Third Reich. 20211006. Auschwitz (Concentration camp.) World War, 1939-1945 Concentration camps. Jewish women in the Holocaust. Women prisoners. Dressmakers.