Nine women. Ten days. One impossible escape.
In the final days of World War II, a band of nine female resistance fighters broke free from a German forced labor camp and journeyed across war-torn Europe to reclaim their lives. Led by Hélène Podliasky, the author’s great aunt, these women had risked everything to resist the Nazis—smuggling weapons, aiding fugitives, and defying the Gestapo.
They met behind bars, under duress, and in transit between prisons, eventually forging a bond stronger than fear. When forced onto a death march, they seized the only chance left.
Based on painstaking research, The Nine is a story of courage, sisterhood, and survival. Their legacy isn’t just what they endured—it’s how fiercely they refused to be broken.
Some histories beg to be remembered. This one demands it.
