02008cam a2200325 i 4500 1182348477 TxAuBib 20240401120000.0 220609s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781803142678 paperback 1803142677 paperback (OCoLC)1327836765 TxAuBib rda Stuart, Anna,. The midwife of Auschwitz / Anna Stuart. London : Bookouture, 2022. ©2022. 356 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ana Kaminski is pushed through the iron gates of Auschwitz beside her frightened young friend Ester Pasternak. As they reach the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife--and Ester her assistant. Their arms are tattooed and they're ordered to the maternity hut. Holding an innocent new-born baby, Ana knows the fate of so many are in her hands, and vows to do everything she can to save them. When two guards in their chilling SS uniforms march in and snatch a blond-haired baby from its mother it's almost too much for Ana to bear. Consoling the distraught woman, Ana realises amidst the terrible heartache there is a glimmer of hope. The guards are taking the healthiest babies and placing them with German families, so they will survive. And there are whispers the war is nearly over... Ana and Ester begin to secretly tattoo little ones with their mother's numbers, praying one day they might be reunited. Then, early one morning, Ana notices the small bump under Ester's thin striped clothing. 20240401. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction. Women internment camp inmates Fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction. Midwives Fiction. Historical fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast