The Resource A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France, Caroline Moorehead
A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France, Caroline Moorehead
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The item A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France, Caroline Moorehead represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Extent
- 374 p.
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso
- Contents
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- Part one. An enormous toy full of subtleties
- The flame of French resistance
- Daughters of the Enlightenment
- The hunt for registers
- Waiting for the wolf
- Indulgent towards women
- Recognising the unthinkable
- "We have other plans for them"
- Frontstalag 122 ; Part two. Le Convoi des 31000
- The meaning of friendship
- Keeping alive, remaining me
- The disposables
- Pausing before the battle
- Slipping into the shadows
- Isbn
- 9780061650703
- Label
- A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
- Title
- A train in winter
- Title remainder
- an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
- Statement of responsibility
- Caroline Moorehead
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moorehead, Caroline
- Dewey number
- 940.530820944
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women prisoners of war
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Female friendship
- France
- Label
- A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France, Caroline Moorehead
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-351) and index
- Contents
- Part one. An enormous toy full of subtleties -- The flame of French resistance -- Daughters of the Enlightenment -- The hunt for registers -- Waiting for the wolf -- Indulgent towards women -- Recognising the unthinkable -- "We have other plans for them" -- Frontstalag 122 ; Part two. Le Convoi des 31000 -- The meaning of friendship -- Keeping alive, remaining me -- The disposables -- Pausing before the battle -- Slipping into the shadows
- Control code
- ocn703206408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Extent
- 374 p.
- Isbn
- 9780061650703
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Label
- A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France, Caroline Moorehead
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2011 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-351) and index
- Contents
- Part one. An enormous toy full of subtleties -- The flame of French resistance -- Daughters of the Enlightenment -- The hunt for registers -- Waiting for the wolf -- Indulgent towards women -- Recognising the unthinkable -- "We have other plans for them" -- Frontstalag 122 ; Part two. Le Convoi des 31000 -- The meaning of friendship -- Keeping alive, remaining me -- The disposables -- Pausing before the battle -- Slipping into the shadows
- Control code
- ocn703206408
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Extent
- 374 p.
- Isbn
- 9780061650703
- Isbn Type
- (hc. : alk. paper)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
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