This is an incredibly well written documentation of the experiences of 9 women of varying nationalities who were fighting for freedom under appalling conditions.
The story follows 6 French, 2 Dutch and 1 Spanish women's escape from a Nazi labour camp in 1945. They were all instrumental in the resistance fighting in occupied France during Second World War.
Gwen Strauss has managed to combine storytelling with facts to build up a true picture of what life would have been like for female resistance fighters during the war. This is an aspect of the war which is not often written about, but is just as important as the soldiers on the frontline.
A very powerful book which helps you to partially understand the nine's thoughts and feelings as they encountered hardship after hardship.
Though we will never understand what it was actually like in a Nazi labour camp or on a Death March, Gwen Strauss has written honestly and openly about the 9 women's struggles towards freedom.
The story follows 6 French, 2 Dutch and 1 Spanish women's escape from a Nazi labour camp in 1945. They were all instrumental in the resistance fighting in occupied France during Second World War.
Gwen Strauss has managed to combine storytelling with facts to build up a true picture of what life would have been like for female resistance fighters during the war. This is an aspect of the war which is not often written about, but is just as important as the soldiers on the frontline.
A very powerful book which helps you to partially understand the nine's thoughts and feelings as they encountered hardship after hardship.
Though we will never understand what it was actually like in a Nazi labour camp or on a Death March, Gwen Strauss has written honestly and openly about the 9 women's struggles towards freedom.