The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

I must confess that after empathetically reading dozens of books on concentration camps in Ww2, this account pushed me into a different mindset. Yes, prisoners did what they could to survive, as do most people in any situation, but it must be remembered that slave labor not only advanced the Nazi cause, but prolonged the war, leading to countless Allied deaths. The seamstress's willingness to design and sew dresses for Nazi officers' wives just to save their own skin struck me as repugnant, esp since they endured unimaginable living conditions, and often perished anyway. I hope if found in a similar situation, I would possess the strength of character to refuse to collaborate with the enemy just for the possibility of surviving. Had all slave laborers been so minded, the war would no doubt have ended far earlier. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13