The Midwife of Auschwitz: Inspired by a heartbreaking true story, an emotional and gripping World War 2 historical novel (Women of War)

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Written by Maria Stachurska - the mother-in-law of footy ace Robert Lewandowski - director Mariusz Malec, and journalist and author Dagmara Leszkowicz, the film is based on the real life story of Stanisława Leszczyńska whose actions helped save newborns from immediate extermination. An absolutely heart-breaking and page-turning WW2 novel of one woman’s bravery and determination to bring life and hope into a broken world. To make ends meet, her mother worked 12-hour shifts at the Poznański factory; her earnings allowed Stanisława to go to a private school where Polish was the medium of instruction.

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Un libro precioso, conmovedor, duro y necesario que tanto si os gusta el género como los personajes de mujeres fuertes y especiales os lo recomiendo muchísimo ya que es inolvidable. Muchos bebés fueron tatuados en la axila con el número de prisionera de su madre, todo de manera clandestina y con la finalidad de poder localizarse en un futuro.

Upon arrival, most pregnant women were simply sent to the gas chambers, others were summarily executed.

The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart | Waterstones

When liberation is in sight, Ester and Ana, together with a small handful of women from Lodz, are lucky enough to be offered a way home without the need for any delays or red tape, which they grasp with open arms.Despite the decimated locations of a country in turmoil and the terrible conditions in which the unfortunate and totally innocent detainees were incarcerated, some beautifully nuanced and descriptive narrative and dialogue, afford a terrifying and all-encompassing visual and evocative sense of time and place, lifting the sights, sounds and smells from the page, as I took my ‘armchair journey’ back in time. After being sent to Auschwitz II Birkenau extermination camp Stanisława Leszczyńska began working as a midwife.

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by Anna Stuart is a gripping and suspenseful WWII-era historical fiction that will keep one interested from beginning to end.

It took a while before I picked this book up, I was just not in the right headspace for it, but once I started reading, I had trouble putting it down.