03213cam a2200325 4500 583416750 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781496736727 1496736729 B093Y28RC3 Amazon 8cfef7da-328d-4d12-871c-4e0d793e0f48 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6249770 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shipman, James D. Beyond the Wire [Libby]. Kensington Books, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 675kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>From the bestselling author of <i>Irena's War</i> comes a gripping novel of historical fiction based on one of the most extraordinary true stories of World War II—an uprising behind the walls of Auschwitz concentration camp.</b><br /> <br /> <i>October 1944:</i> In the long, narrow undressing rooms in Auschwitz-Birkenau, prisoner Jakub Bak toils under the scrutiny of SS guards. Like other members of the <i>Sonderkommando</i>, Jakub was selected on arrival for an unthinkable job: sorting through the clothes of the dead and moving their bodies from the gas chambers to the crematoriums. In this hell within a hell, Jakub clings to the promise he made to his murdered father—to live, at any cost—and to the moments he is able to spend in the company of Anna, imprisoned in the women's camp.<br /> <br /> Every morning, Anna marches miles to the union munitions factory where she works alongside other prisoners. Even Jakub doesn't know that she and a few other women have been taking the ultimate risk, smuggling trace amounts of gunpowder back in their clothing. A bold plan is brewing to revolt against the SS and liberate the camp. Jakub, pressured to join the resistance, knows that any uprising faces impossible odds. Added to this already stark choice is another desperate reality—the risk from informers who see their only chance of survival in betraying their fellow Jews.<br /> <br /> Powerfully moving and unflinching in its authenticity, <i>Beyond the Wire</i> tells of the women and men who, though outnumbered and outgunned, fought to free themselves, sparking a brilliant flash of light and hope amidst the darkest evil that humans can conceive.<br /> <br /> <b>Praise for <i>Irena's War</i><br /> <br /> "Shipman's humbling, spellbinding tale is a standout among recent works of Holocaust fiction."<br /> —<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (Starred Review)</b>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8cfef7da-328d-4d12-871c-4e0d793e0f48&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8cfef7da-328d-4d12-871c-4e0d793e0f48&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8cfef7da-328d-4d12-871c-4e0d793e0f48&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)