A Train in Winter

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.

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  Auschwitz · Poland

  Auschwitz; destination of the January 1943 deportation train
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• Paris · France

  Paris under Nazi occupation; 230 female Resistance members arrested and imprisoned before deportation
• Auschwitz-Birkenau · Poland

  Death camp where the 230 women were transported in January 1943; only 49 survived