| Edition |
Primera edicion. |
| Description |
430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 408-416) and index. |
| Note |
"Titulo original: 999. The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Una increíble historia de amistad, sororidad y supervivencia. La historia de las primeras 999 mujeres judías que fueron enviadas al campo de exterminio. Todo comenzó con las chicas , dice Giora Amir, de 91 años.El 25 de marzo de 1942, cientos de jóvenes mujeres judías y solteras abandonaron sus hogares para subir a un tren. Estaban impecablemente vestidas y peinadas, y arrastraban sus maletas llenas de ropa tejida a mano y comida casera. La mayoría de estas mujeres y niñas nunca habían pasado ni una noche fuera de casa, pero se habían ofrecido voluntariamente para trabajar durante tres meses en época de guerra. ¿Tres meses de trabajo? No podía ser algo tan malo. Ninguno de sus padres habría adivinado que el gobierno acababa de vender a sus hijas a los nazis para trabajar como esclavas. Ninguno sabía que estaban destinadas a Auschwitz.Los libros de historia han podido pasar por alto este hecho, pero lo cierto es que el primer grupo de judíos deportados a Auschwitz para trabajar como esclavos no incluía a combatientes de la resistencia, ni a prisioneros de guerra, numbers No había ni un solo hombre prisionero en esos vagones de ganado. Era un tren de 999 chicas solteras, vendido a la Alemania nazi por una dote de 500 Reich Marks, el equivalente a 200 euros.Sabemos que la historia está escrita por el vencedor. Casi todas las figuras poderosas en ambos lados de este conflicto eran hombres. Estas 999 mujeres jóvenes fueron consideradas indignas e insignificantes, no sólo porque eran judías, sino también porque eran mujeres. Estas chicas eran peones en un gran plan de destrucción humana, pero frustraron ese plan al sobrevivir y dejar su testimonio a sus familiares.Este libro da voz a esas mujeres y niñas que la historia olvidó. |
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An incredible story of friendship, sorority and survival. The story of the first 999 Jewish women who were sent to the extermination camp. It all started with the girls, says Giora Amir, 91. On March 25, 1942, hundreds of young Jewish and single women left their homes to get on a train. They were impeccably dressed and combed, dragging their suitcases full of hand-woven clothing and homemade food. Most of these women and girls had never spent a night away from home, but had volunteered to work for three months during wartime. Three months of work? It couldn't be something so bad. Neither of her parents would have guessed that the government had just sold their daughters to the Nazis to work as slaves. None knew they were destined for Auschwitz. History books have been able to ignore this fact, but the truth is that the first group of Jews deported to Auschwitz to work as slaves did not include resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There was not a single male prisoner in those cattle cars. It was a train of 999 single girls, sold to Nazi Germany for a dowry of 500 Reich Marks, the equivalent of 200 euros. Almost all the powerful figures on both sides of this conflict were men. These 999 young women were considered unworthy and insignificant, not only because they were Jewish, but also because they were women. These girls were pawns in a great plan of human destruction, but they thwarted that plan by surviving and leaving their testimonies to their families. This book gives voice to those women and girls that history forgot. |
| Subject |
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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Jewish women in the Holocaust.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Peral Santamaria, Arturo, translator.
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| Added Title |
999. Spanish
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Nine hundred ninety-nine |
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Extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz |
| ISBN |
8417805222 |
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9788417805227 |
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