The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

Written by:
Lucy Adlington
Narrated by:
Lucy Adlington

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
34
Narrator
8
Release Date
September 2021
Duration
12 hours 0 minutes
Summary
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. 


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. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. 

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. Here, the dressmakers produced high-quality garments for SS social functions in Auschwitz, and for ladies from Nazi Berlin’s upper crust. 

Drawing on diverse sources—including interviews with the last surviving seamstress—The Dressmakers of Auschwitz follows the fates of these brave women. Their bonds of family and friendship not only helped them endure persecution, but also to play their part in camp resistance. 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.

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Anonymous

I have read countless nonfiction books written about or by Holocaust survivors. Having that background I found this book extraordinary. I have no knowledge or interest in dressmaking but found coming from this perspective most interesting. Great narration by the author. I will read it again sometime.

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Janet B.

I felt like it was more or less information. No story to this. The whole time I was waiting for the story

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Anonymous

I liked the book a lot . Not to graphic, it was interesting to read about each character and after the liberation. I would read it again.

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