A powerful chronicle of the Women who used their sewing skills to Survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.
Weaving the dressmakers\' remarkable experiences within the context of Nazi policies for plunder and exploitation, historian Lucy Adlington exposes the greed, cruelty, and hypocrisy of the Third Reich and offers a fresh look at a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust..
Their bonds of family and friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to play their part in camp resistance.
Drawing on diverse sources--including interviews with the last surviving seamstress-- The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women.
Here, the Dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin\'s upper crust.
This fashion workshop--called the Upper Tailoring Studio--was established by Hedwig Höss, the camp commandant\'s wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers.
It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers.
At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp--mainly Jewish Women and girls--were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi Women in a dedicated salon.
A powerful chronicle of the Women who used their sewing skills to Survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps
