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The Nine

How a Band of Daring Resistance Women Escaped from Nazi Germany - The Powerful True Story

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The Nine

By: Gwen Strauss
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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Includes exclusive audio material and interview with the author.

As the Second World War raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch Resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were forced on a Death March, facing starvation and almost certain death. Determined to survive, they made a bid for freedom, and so began one of the most breathtaking tales of escape and resilience of the Second World War.

The author is the great-niece of one of the nine, and she interweaves their gripping flight across war-torn Europe with her own detective work, uncovering the heart-stopping escape and survival of these heroes who fought fearlessly against Nazi Germany and lived to tell the tale.

©2021 Gwen Strauss (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK Military Women War Survival Heartfelt Inspiring Scary Thought-Provoking Holocaust

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A remarkable story of female triumph and survival when really their plight was almost hopelessly impossible.
Read it !

Survival !

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A book every woman and man should read .
Human endurance but mainly female just so sad these woman and all woman during that time were not recognised and celebrated , unfortunately far too often judged by friend and foe alike !
This book goes along towards putting that right

Amazing story

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Absolutely incredible story which also makes a poignant note of how woman have been grossly overlooked or ignored in terms of their many roles and contributions in the war. The narration is regularly a bit hammy and am-dram, which is surprising, considering the exceptional talent of Juliet Stevenson.

Great story, not so great narration.

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Horrifying, heartbreaking, moving and sometimes even funny, utterly fascinating true story of 9 extremely courageous and patriotic women who banded together to survive and escape a Nazi work camp. Wonderfully read, as usual, by Juliet Stevenson.

Incredible!

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Amazingly written and narrated. Feels like you are there with these women, feeling their pain, grief but above all - resilience.

Outstanding story

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