Four Red Sweaters - Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust

The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways. Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. While they did not know each other--in fact had never met--each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. In this absorbing and deeply moving account, award-winning clothes historian Lucy Adlington documents their stories, knitting together the experiences that fragmented their families and their lives. Adlington immortalizes these young women whose resilience, skills, strength, and kindness accompanied them through the darkest events in human history. A powerful reminder of the suffering they endured and a celebration of courage, love, and tenacity, this moving and original work illuminates moments long lost to history, now pieced back together by a simple garment. Four Red Sweaters is illustrated with more than two dozen black-and-white images throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Adlington
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2025
• EAN: 9780063375161
• ISBN: 978-0-06-337516-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, Biography: general, Germany, Fashion and textile design, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to Jewish people and groups, History / Europe, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Fashion and textile design: accessories, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, DESIGN: Fashion & Accessories, HISTORY: Jewish, HISTORY: JEWISH & HOLOCAUST, HISTORY: EUROPE, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Jewish Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Jewish, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Jewish & Holocaust