(Times of Israel) Matt Lebovic - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, by Lucy Adlington, to be published in September, tells the story of 40 mostly Jewish seamstresses imprisoned at Auschwitz who survived by creating high-end gowns and cocktail dresses for the wives of Nazi camp officers. Starting in 1943, the sewing workshop received orders from as far away as Berlin, and a six-month waiting list developed. On Feb. 14, Berta Berkovich Kohut - the "sewing circle's" last survivor - died at 99.
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