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

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Adlington has written several young adult novels, including The Red Ribbon (2017), a fictional story about a woman named Ella who was a seamstress in a concentration camp during the Holocaust in the Second World War. The book was shortlisted for a "Young Quills Award" in the 14 to young adult category in 2018. [4] Muchas reseñas tiene ya que mencionan una y otra vez sus características y detalles diversos, así que poco más puedo añadir salvo que, en lo personal, me ha parecido una obra magnífica y que la autora tiene mi reconocimiento ante la ardua labor que llevó a cabo para poder completarla y que podamos sumergirnos en sus páginas y en las tortuosas vivencias de estas valerosas mujeres que encontraron en algo tan común y cotidiano una manera de sobrevivir. Sus historias merecen ser contadas y recordadas. Fashion-conscious Hedwig Hoss, wife of Auschwitz comandante Rudolph Hoss, put together a salon made up of Auschwitz prisoners to make her fashionable clothing. Up to 25 seamstresses eventually worked in the Upper Tailoring Studio to make clothes not only for Hedwig but also for the wives of Hermann Goering and other Nazi leaders. A fashion salon in Auschwitz? I would never have thought such a thing possible until I read this book. Ms Adlington, an author, and costume historian discovered the ‘Upper Tailoring Studio’ while researching a book on the global textile industry during World War II. Her research also led her to the last surviving seamstress whom she interviewed in 2019. This is the story of a group of women who survived Auschwitz because of their sewing and tailoring skills. Bankfield Museum in Halifax opens the wonderful wardrobe of fashion historian Lucy Adlington". The Yorkshire post. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023 . Retrieved 2 January 2023.

Las modistas de Auschwitz, nos muestra esta terrible época desde un ámbito diferente, la costura, esto me ha parecido muy interesante. Lo que más me gusta de leer sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial es la cantidad de cosas que se aprenden. ¿Sabéis lo que hacían con las toneladas de pelo que quitaban a los prisioneros? ¿Conocéis “Cánada” el gran mercado negro de Auschwitz? Sí queréis saber estas y muchas cosas más os recomiendo leer el libro. Me gustado saber más sobre el Holocausto, ya que no sabía el papel de estas modistas y que había detrás de todo sus trabajo, os imaginaréis que es bastante duro, pero ya sabéis que adoro este tipo de historias y saber más y más… es una cosa que jamás sabremos del todo y en cada historia descubro que toda aquella barbarie es aún peor. Overall, the author did a great job of not only providing detailed accounts of the individual journeys of these women but put all of the information together in a way that flowed, making it an engrossing read. Leo and Berta had met each other before the war, and when Kohút returned home to Bratislava, they married. The couple raised two sons, both of whom moved to the United States after becoming adults. In 1987, the couple left Czechoslovakia to join their sons in Marin County, California.

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My family was also Hungarian-Jewish through my mother. Her father (my paternal grandfather) survived Buchenwald concentration camp before fathering my mother with his second Jewish wife (note: his name is listed in the Holocaust Memorial Museum among the survivors in Washington DC). My father, a double agent working with the US and Hungarian governments against communism; was killed in 1989 by the KGB while in Munich, Germany – he was also a Nazi hunter. I was unaware that my worlds could collide with yet another story of hell - and survival - from Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The “dressmakers” were treated relatively well, in part so they could perform efficiently and cleanly. The women had weekly showers and their food was placed on their beds, so did not have to fight for their meager daily rations. Most important of all, they no longer had to endure “selections” for the gas chambers.

Kellett, Abigail (23 January 2023). " 'Opening the wardrobe' to a world of fashion at Bankfield Museum's upcoming exhibition". www.halifaxcourier.co.uk. Halifax Courier. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023 . Retrieved 5 February 2023. Lucy Adlington has done thorough research, including interviewing a sole survivor who was 98 years old at the time of the interview. Adlington is a clothes historian and provided examples of fashions from the 1940s throughout the book. Nazi bosses reassured their peers that tailoring, furrier, and shoe making would be established in concentration camps. One poignant moment is when the seamstresses received furs from clothing that came from children in the Ukraine and Romania and had to "upscale" it into women's clothing. Tears were shed as they sewed the garments.In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Hedwig Höss, the wife of the Nazi commandant of the Auschwitz deathcamp, ran a fashion salon in Auschwitzthat employed female prisoners. Known as the "Obere Nähstube," or"upper tailoring studio,"the salondesigned and tailored high-end outfits for the Nazi elite. I'll be honest, going into this book, I thought it was historical fiction - clearly, I didn't look at the full title. Despite this actually being non-fiction, something I rarely read, I breezed through this harrowing story of twenty-five women who sewed for their survival. Ms Adlington provides context and history for the events described. And we are reminded of how resilient people can be, in the face of evil and cruelty. 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.