Heather Dune Macadam's guest appearances

Heather Dune Macadam

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The Patricia Raskin Show

Ken Honda

Katherine Woodward Thomas

Marina Khidekel

Lindsay McCrae

Joanna Nell

Judith Wright

Decker Weiss

Margot Livesey

Joseph Cardillo

Kourtney Whitehead

Erika Flint

Leah DeCesare

Sarah Alderson

Fred Sanders

Brian Catling

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Heather Dune Macadam is the acclaimed author of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz and Rena’s Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz. A board member of the Cities of Peace: Auschwitz and the director and president of the Rena’s Promise Foundation, her work in the battle against Holocaust denial has been recognized worldwide.In this program, Heather Dune Macadam will give listeners a look into her acclaimed book, 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. 999 uses multiple narratives to honor the memories of the first girls, a dramatic tale of survival that must be told – and to remember those who didn’t survive, who took their stories with them. Tune in to hear about the incredible story detailed by Heather Dune Macadam in 999 and all of the work she continues to do to this day.

Heather Dune Macadam is the acclaimed author of 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz and Rena’s Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz. A board member of the Cities of Peace: Auschwitz and the director and president of the Rena’s Promise Foundation, her work in the battle against Holocaust denial has been recognized worldwide. In this program, Heather Dune Macadam will give listeners a look into her acclaimed book, 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. 999 uses multiple narratives to honor the memories of the first girls, a dramatic tale of survival that must be told – and to remember those who didn’t survive, who took their stories with them. Tune in to hear about the incredible story detailed by Heather Dune Macadam in 999 and all of the work she continues to do to this day.

Heather Dune Macadam: Acclaimed Author & Storyteller

The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz.On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women-many of them teenagers-were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reichsmarks (about £160) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labour. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few would survive.The facts of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz are little known, yet profoundly relevant today. These were not resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There were no men among them. Sent to almost certain death, the young women were powerless and insignificant not only because they were Jewish-but also because they were female. Now, acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their poignant stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history.With an introduction from the author, and a final note written and read by Edith Friedman Grosman.

The untold story of the 999 young, unmarried Jewish women who were tricked into boarding a train in Poprad, Slovakia on March 25, 1942 that became the first official transport to Auschwitz. On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service. Instead, the young women-many of them teenagers-were sent to Auschwitz. Their government paid 500 Reichsmarks (about £160) apiece for the Nazis to take them as slave labour. Of those 999 innocent deportees, only a few would survive. The facts of the first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz are little known, yet profoundly relevant today. These were not resistance fighters or prisoners of war. There were no men among them. Sent to almost certain death, the young women were powerless and insignificant not only because they were Jewish-but also because they were female. Now, acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their poignant stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women's history. With an introduction from the author, and a final note written and read by Edith Friedman Grosman.

THE NINE HUNDRED by Heather Dune Macadam - audiobook extract