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LocationOakland
Call NoF STU #1 WOMEN OF WAR
TitleThe midwife of Auschwitz / Anna Stuart.
AuthorStuart, Anna, author.
Barcode529358
CollectionFiction
SummaryAna Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife--and Ester her assistant. Their arms are tattooed and they're ordered to the maternity hut. Holding an innocent new-born baby, Ana knows the fate of so many are in her hands, and vows to do everything she can to save them. When two guards in their chilling SS uniforms march in and snatch a blond-haired baby from its mother it's almost too much for Ana to bear. Consoling the distraught woman, Ana realises amidst the terrible heartache there is a glimmer of hope. The guards are taking the healthiest babies and placing them with German families, so they will survive. And there are whispers the war is nearly over... Ana and Ester begin to secretly tattoo little ones with their mother's numbers, praying one day they might be reunited. Then, early one morning, Ana notices the small bump under Ester's thin striped clothing.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781538767825 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1538767821 (paperback)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 823/.92 23/eng/20240716
Personal Name Stuart, Anna, author.
Title Statement The midwife of Auschwitz / Anna Stuart.
Edition Statement First Forever edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice ©2022
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York ; Boston : Forever, 2024.
Physical Description 358 p. Softcover. 21 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Series Statement Women of War 1
Summary, Etc. Ana Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife--and Ester her assistant. Their arms are tattooed and they're ordered to the maternity hut. Holding an innocent new-born baby, Ana knows the fate of so many are in her hands, and vows to do everything she can to save them. When two guards in their chilling SS uniforms march in and snatch a blond-haired baby from its mother it's almost too much for Ana to bear. Consoling the distraught woman, Ana realises amidst the terrible heartache there is a glimmer of hope. The guards are taking the healthiest babies and placing them with German families, so they will survive. And there are whispers the war is nearly over... Ana and Ester begin to secretly tattoo little ones with their mother's numbers, praying one day they might be reunited. Then, early one morning, Ana notices the small bump under Ester's thin striped clothing.
Subject Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Midwives Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women internment camp inmates Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft