{"product_id":"a-train-in-winter-an-extraordinary-story-of-women-friendship-and-resistance-in-occupied-france-paperback","title":"A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Moorehead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance.\" -\u003cem\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe riveting and little-known story of a group of female members of the French resistance who were deported together to Auschwitz, a remarkable number of whom survived\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1943, 230 brave women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and author of \u003cem\u003eDancing to the Precipice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHuman Cargo\u003c\/em\u003e, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff's \u003cem\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/em\u003e, Erik Larson's \u003cem\u003eIn the Garden of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e, and Laura Hillenbrand's \u003cem\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/em\u003e will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II. A Train in Winter is a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera; a midwife; a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was a schoolgirl of sixteen, who scrawled V (for victory) on the walls of her lycée; the eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. Strangers to one another, hailing from villages and cities across France--230 brave women united in defiance of their Nazi occupiers--they were eventually hunted down by the Gestapo. 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They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was a schoolgirl of sixteen, who scrawled \"V\" (for victory) on the walls of her lycée; the eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. Strangers to one another, hailing from villages and cities across France--230 brave women united in defiance of their Nazi occupiers--they were eventually hunted down by the Gestapo. Separated from home and loved ones, imprisoned in a fort outside Paris, they found solace and strength in their deep affection and camaraderie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn January 1943, they were sent to their final destination: Auschwitz. 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