The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss ISBN 9781250239303, 1250239303 instant download

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss ISBN 9781250239303, 1250239303 instant download

"[A] narrative of unfathomable courage... Ms. Strauss does her readers—and her subjects—a worthy service by returning to this appalling history of the courage of women caught up in a time of rapacity and war." —Wall Street Journal
"Utterly gripping." —Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes
"A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival. The story of Women's resistance during World War II needs to be told and The Nine accomplishes this in spades." —Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of Cilka's Journey
The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris.
The nine women were all under thirty when they...