The Stars Are Our Witness
β Scribed by Siobhan Curham
- Book ID
- 115091044
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781835251768
- ASIN
- B0CX5FM97Y
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β¦ Synopsis
Auschwitz, 1943. Adela stuffs small cloth pouches containing the stolen gunpowder into the folds of her dress. As she joins the column of exhausted women heading back to the barracks, the guard shouts βInspection!β and her blood turns to iceβ¦
Working in the campβs munitions factory, Adela Rubenstein discovers the underground network fighting against the devastating cruelty all around them. Imprisoned for teaching Jewish orphans in secret for the resistance, she doesnβt hesitate to join the rebellion. Every night on the way back to her hut, she looks up at the stars, the only witness to their plan to blow up the crematoria buildings.
The women can only smuggle a teaspoonful of the gunpowder at a time. But Adela knows from her time in the Warsaw ghetto what incredible feats can be achieved with courage and patience. Thinking of home reminds her of her darling brother, Azriel, and Izabel, who was like a sister to her. She has no idea what happened to them when she was caught, if they are even still alive. But she must keep doing whatever she can to resist. She has to make them proud.
As the day of the attack draws near, Adela is utterly stunned when she comes face to face with her beloved brother. Pale and hunched, but alive. Her heart soars as she hugs him tightly. Maybe itβs a sign, and there is hope for them after all. But not if he is working in the very building they will soon destroyβ¦..M.F
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