The Nine Hundred by Heather Dune Macadam
The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.
An important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history* Daily Express *
Heather Dune Macadam does the formidable work of piecing together their journey... the history of the girls from the first transport is riveting. * TLS *
Heather Dune Macadam does the formidable work of piecing together their journey... the history of the girls from the first transport is riveting. * TLS *
Heather Dune Macadam's first book, co-authored with Rena Kornreich Gelissen, was Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, also about the first transport. Heather Dune actively fights against Holocaust denial and is the director of the Rena's Promise Foundation. She sits on the advisory board of the Cities of Peace: Auschwitz and is the Producer/Director of the documentary film, 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Her efforts have been recognized by Yad Vashem in the UK, the USC Shoah Foundation, the National Museum of Jewish History in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the Panstowe Memorial and Museum of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, NPR, the New York Times and the Guardian. She divides her time between New York and Herefordshire, England. Visit 999thefirstwomeninauschwitz on Facebook, on Twitter @heatherdune, or at www.999themovie.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529329315 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529329310 |
| Title | The Nine Hundred |
| Author | Heather Dune Macadam |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2020-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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