They 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 lycee;
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.
In January 1943, they were sent to their final destination:
Auschwitz. Only forty-nine would return to France.
Drawing on interviews with these women and their families, and
on documents in German, French, and Polish archives, A Train in
Winter is a remarkable account of the extraordinary courage of
ordinary people--a story of bravery, survival, and the enduring
power of female friendship.
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