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Convoy to Auschwitz : women of the French resistance / Charlotte Delbo ; translated by Carol Cosman ; introduction by John Felstiner.
Van Pelt Library D805.P7 D4313 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delbo, Charlotte.
- Series:
- Women's life writings from around the world
- Standardized Title:
- Convoi du 24 janvier. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Women political prisoners--France--Biography.
- Women political prisoners.
- France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- French.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 220 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- On January 24, 1943, 230 women political prisoners, most of whom had worked for the French Resistance, were deported to Auschwitz. Author Charlotte Delbo was one of the 49 who survived. Now available in English for the first time, this haunting volume is Delbo's testament to those who formed the convoy to the hell that was Auschwitz. The prisoners came from all regions of France and represented a wide range of social backgrounds and political views. With a gripping simplicity and poignancy, Delbo recounts the unique life history of each woman, from her childhood to her involvement in the Resistance, from her arrest to her horrifying experience in the concentration camp. Collectively, these stories are a powerful and stirring reminder of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis.
- ISBN:
- 1555533132
- OCLC:
- 36011544
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