![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In January 1943, they were sent to their final destination: Auschwitz. Separated from home and loved ones, these disparate individuals turned to one another, their common experience conquering divisions of age, education, profession, and class, as they found solace and strength in their deep affection and camaraderie. Strangers to each other, hailing from villages and cities from across France, these brave women were united in hatred and defiance of their Nazi occupiers.Įventually, the Gestapo hunted down 230 of these women and imprisoned them in a fort outside Paris. The youngest was a schoolgirl of fifteen who scrawled "V" for victory on the walls of her lycée the eldest, a farmer's wife in her sixties who harbored escaped Allied airmen. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. ![]()
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