999, Heather Dune Macadam
999, Heather Dune Macadam
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999
The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

Author: Heather Dune Macadam, Caroline Moorehead

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 13 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/31/2019


Synopsis

On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women—many of them teenagers—were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reich Marks (about $200) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labor. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few would survive.

The facts of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz are little known, yet profoundly relevant today. These were not resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There were no men among them. Sent to almost certain death, the young women were powerless and insignificant not only because they were Jewish—but also because they were female. Now acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their poignant stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history.

About Heather Dune Macadam

Heather Dune Macadam's first book, coauthored with Rena Kornreich Gelissen, was Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz. Rena's Promise was nominated for the National Book Award, the Christopher Award, the American Jewish Award, and the National Library Association Award and has been published throughout the world. Heather actively fights against Holocaust denial and is the director and president of the Rena's Promise Foundation. She sits on the 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 and Israel, the USC Shoah Foundation, the National Museum of Jewish History in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the Panstowe Museum of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, PBS, and other major media outlets. She divides her time between New York and Herefordshire, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather Dune on November 09, 2020

I have to give it 5 stars. I wrote it!......more

Goodreads review by Dovilė on April 25, 2021

Mokslininkai įrodė, kad gimus vaikui, motinos smegenyse lieka jo DNR. Kam nėra pasitaikę, kad patekus į pavojų, nusiminus ar ką nors iškrėtus, mama žinojo, kas atsitiko? Bloga naujiena, nelaimingas atsitikimas, įskaudinta širdis - kad ir kas nutiktų, lyg tyčia paskambins ar parašys mama. Ėmiau ir pa......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 15, 2022

There were so many people included in this book and I’m afraid and sad that at times I lost track which person was which, despite frequent reminders. At the beginning in particular I noticed that too much conjecture had to be done the way this story was told. Yes in a way the account can make the re......more

Goodreads review by Karren on October 11, 2022

On March 25th in 1942, nine hundred and ninety nine teenage Jewish girls boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia, they and their parents thought they were going to work in a factory for three months. Most of the young women had never left home before, some were really excited and others upset. Instead t......more

Goodreads review by Tammy ✨ on April 18, 2021

Las 999 mujeres de Auschwitz es un libro que relata como muchas jóvenes judías fueron enviadas engañadas a realizar servicio laboral para el gobierno en la Polonia recién ocupada. El objetivo de la autora es construir una imagen completa del primer transporte "oficial" de judios a Auschwitz. Para el......more