The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
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"[A] narrative of unfathomable courage... Ms. Strauss does her readers—and her subjects—a worthy service by returning to this appalling history of the courage of women caught up in a time of rapacity and war." —Wall Street Journal
"Utterly gripping." —Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes
"A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival. The story of Women's resistance during World War II needs to be told and The Nine accomplishes this in spades." —Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of Cilka's Journey
The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris.
The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked escape routes to Spain and hid Jewish children in scattered apartments. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo. They were subjected to a series of French prisons and deported to Germany. The group formed along the way, meeting at different points, in prison, in transit, and at Ravensbrück. By the time they were enslaved at the labor camp in Leipzig, they were a close-knit group of friends. During the final days of the war, forced onto a death march, the nine chose their moment and made a daring escape.
Drawing on incredible research, this powerful, heart-stopping narrative from Gwen Strauss is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times.
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Gwen Strauss. (2021). The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany. St. Martin's Publishing Group.
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- bioText: GWEN STRAUSS' poems, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals including The New Republic, London Sunday Times, New England Review, and Kenyon Review and she has published a collection of poetry, Trail of Stones. She was born and spent her early years in Haiti. Strauss lives in Southern France, where she is the Director of the artist's residency program at the Dora Maar House.
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"[A] narrative of unfathomable courage... Ms. Strauss does her readers—and her subjects—a worthy service by returning to this appalling history of the courage of women caught up in a time of rapacity and war." —Wall Street Journal
"Utterly gripping." —Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes
"A compelling, beautifully written story of resilience, friendship and survival. The story of Women's resistance during World War II needs to be told and The Nine accomplishes this in spades." —Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of Cilka's Journey
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Drawing on incredible research, this powerful, heart-stopping narrative from Gwen Strauss is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times.- reviews
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- content: "Though the dangers the women face are significant, their unorthodox means of travel help contribute to an unexpected feeling of picaresque adventure, as the women lie and scavenge their way toward freedom... The women's bravery and ingenuity as they traverse an almost apocalyptic landscape makes for a thrilling narrative...Gripping."
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- source: Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network
- content: "The Nine is poignant, powerful, and shattering, distilling the horror of the Holocaust through the lens of nine unforgettable women. Banding together in the hellscape of Ravensbruck, the nine resistance fighters turned prisoners make a desperate bid for escape in the chaos of the war's end, embarking across battle-ravaged Germany toward home. Gwen Strauss melds a poet's pen and a decade of research into a tale of friendship, courage, and indomitable will."
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- source: Agnès Triebel, Secretary General of the International Buchenwald-Dora Committee
- content: "Strauss, niece of one of the nine heroines and third-generation 'Witness of the Witnesses', answers questions and challenges with great finesse. In a writing of rare historical accuracy and deep empathy, a woman of today tells the stories of yesterday."
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December 1, 2020
The nine female resistance fighters whose story is told here met in prison, in transit, or at Ravensbr�ck and joined to protect one another and survive the camps. Before their capture they had smuggled arms, sheltered Jewish children and parachuting Allies, and shepherded refugees along the escape routes to Spain, and they managed their own escape from a death march at war's end. Among them: the author's great aunt Helene Podliasky. With a 60,000-copy first printing.
Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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A group biography of nine women from the French Resistance who were caught, tortured, and starved--but survived. Despite the courage of its participants, the French Resistance movement could not withstand the power of the Nazis and their Gestapo, whose surveillance and infiltration made joining the Resistance almost a death sentence until France's liberation. Nonetheless, H�l�ne Podliasky, Strauss' great aunt, led a group of eight other women in their 20s against the invaders. No reader will doubt the Nazis' utter loathsomeness after the author describes the unspeakable brutality, torture, and inhumane conditions the women endured after their capture. During the war's final months, the Nazis attempted to destroy evidence of their crimes. As oncoming armies approached, they burned documents, killed prisoners, and "forced the remaining prisoners on death marches, at first often to other death camps further into the interior of Germany, and then by the end with no clear destination." More died than escaped, but at one point, nine women jumped into a roadside ditch to hide until the soldiers passed. Strauss alternates tales of their early lives, Resistance activities, and arrest with their horrific experiences in concentration camps and factories, escape, and walk across Germany to American lines. A long epilogue reveals that most lived into the current century. For decades they received little recognition and rarely discussed their suffering. Some found peace and contentment, but others were clearly damaged irretrievably. The author interviewed her aunt in 2002 as well as many of her subjects' descendants, and diligent research turned up articles, letters, photographs, and even unpublished memoirs. As such, there is no shortage of documentation, but Strauss seems to belong to the history-is-boring school, so she assembles the information into a novelistic narrative with invented scenes, dialogue, and insights into her subjects' thoughts and emotions. She gets her facts right, so most readers will make allowances. A breathless story of almost superhuman heroism and suffering with a (mostly) happy ending.COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Poet and essayist Strauss (Trail of Stones) tells the story of nine Resistance fighters who were deported to Ravensbr�ck late in WWII, then sent to a Leipzig labor camp. Forced into a death march to an unknown destination, these nine women escaped together and fled to the war's front lines in pursuit of their freedom. Strauss learned of this story from one of the women, her great-aunt H�l�ne Podliasky, and spent years tracking down more information about the group of women who followed H�l�ne to freedom. The result is an intimate narrative tale of resilience, survival, and friendship. Time and again these women found themselves at terrible risk, but through their devotion to each other, the assistance of strangers (some motivated by kindness or guilt, others hoping for amnesty from the triumphant Allied forces), and just enough luck, they were able to survive the brutal deprivations of Nazi Germany. The Nine is a chilling reminder of the horrors of the concentration camps, but also a moving testament to the power of friendship.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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With this work of nonfiction, poet and author Strauss tells the story of a group of nine French Resistance prisoners, all women, who escaped the Nazis during a death march from a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The women come from different classes, backgrounds, and nationalities, yet their differences help them overcome the challenges they face in captivity and throughout their escape. Strauss recounts the women's varied experiences: famished, freezing, and facing the daunting tasks of walking through Nazi Germany, crossing active battle lines, and finding friendly Allied troops. The women desperately want to return to France, family, and freedom, and they must use charm, wit, and their few resources to reach safety. Strauss, a great-niece of one of the nine women, weaves together her great-aunt's story with stories of the other eight remarkable young women through research, interviews, and historical first-person accounts. She reflects on the impact of these women's sacrifices on subsequent generations, and on the lack of political recognition given to womenresistance fighters in World War II. Photographs of the women both before and after the war help to add context. VERDICT A fast-paced account that is strongly recommended for lovers of action-oriented narrative nonfiction, and for women's history collections.--Beth Dalton, Littleton, CO
Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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