The Midwife of Auschwitz
9 hrs. 56 min.
Description
A piercing novel based on real events—about the famous Auschwitç nurse who tattooed children with the numbers of their mothers, hoping that one day they would be reunited.
Auschwitz, 1943. I hold a tiny baby girl in my arms, feeling the black tattoo under her armpit.
41,400. I pray that one day this number—just like mine—will reunite our family, torn apart by the war…
1943. Ana Kamiński passes through the gates of Auschwitz alongside a frightened young friend, Esther Pasternak. When she reaches the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife—while Esther becomes her assistant. They are tattooed with number labels and sent to the birthing barracks. Ana understands that the fate of the women is in her hands, and she vows to do everything she can to save them—and their children.
Soon in Auschwitz begins the Lebensborn program: healthy children with light hair are sent to German families. Ana and Esther secretly tattoo the babies with their mothers’ numbers, hoping that someday they will be reunited. Until, early one morning, Ana notices Esther’s belly swelling beneath a thin striped dress…
Inspired by an astonishingly real story, this moving novel tells of women’s struggle for love, life, and hope in an unimaginable darkness.
Auschwitz, 1943. I hold a tiny baby girl in my arms, feeling the black tattoo under her armpit.
41,400. I pray that one day this number—just like mine—will reunite our family, torn apart by the war…
1943. Ana Kamiński passes through the gates of Auschwitz alongside a frightened young friend, Esther Pasternak. When she reaches the front of the line, Ana steps forward and quietly declares herself a midwife—while Esther becomes her assistant. They are tattooed with number labels and sent to the birthing barracks. Ana understands that the fate of the women is in her hands, and she vows to do everything she can to save them—and their children.
Soon in Auschwitz begins the Lebensborn program: healthy children with light hair are sent to German families. Ana and Esther secretly tattoo the babies with their mothers’ numbers, hoping that someday they will be reunited. Until, early one morning, Ana notices Esther’s belly swelling beneath a thin striped dress…
Inspired by an astonishingly real story, this moving novel tells of women’s struggle for love, life, and hope in an unimaginable darkness.
