The Girl in the Striped Dress

A completely heartbreaking and gripping World War 2 novel, based on a true story

De: Ellie Midwood

Narrado por: Alison Campbell

Auschwitz, 1942: This unforgettable novel, based on a true story, brings to life history’s most powerful tale of forbidden love. Set within the barbed wire of Auschwitz, a man and a woman fall in love against unimaginable odds. What happens next will restore your faith in humanity and make you believe in hope even where hope should not exist.

“I won’t let anything happen to you,” he whispered, pressing a note into her hand. Her entire body trembled when she read it: I am in love with you.

Helena steps off the cattleztrain onto the frozen grounds of Auschwitz. She has 24 hours to live. Scheduled to be killed tomorrow, she is not even tattooed with a prison number. As the snow falls around her, she shivers, knowing that she has been sentenced to death for a crime she didn’t commit.

When a gray-clad officer marches toward Helena and pulls her away, she fears the worst. Instead, he tells her that it’s one of the guard’s birthdays and orders her to serenade him.

Inside the SS barracks the air is warm, thick with cigarette smoke and boisterous conversation. After she sings to the guard, Franz, he presses a piece of cake into her hands - the first thing she has eaten in days. On the spot, he orders her life to be saved, forever changing the course of her fate.

What follows is a love story that was forbidden, that should have been impossible, and yet saved both of their lives - and hundreds of others - in more ways than one.

Fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Choice, and The Orphan Train will be utterly entranced. This completely heartbreaking yet beautifully hopeful novel shows that love can survive anything and grow anywhere.

This book was previously published as Auschwitz Syndrome.

©2021 Ellie Midwood (P)2021 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Good comes from evil

Wow! This book was amazing and I could NOT put it down. At first, I wondered about Helena and Franz. I wondered what his motive was. But as I read, I quickly learned what they were. Although one doesn't typically think a story about the holocaust could renew one's faith in humanity, I learned that it actually can. Ms. Midwood does that with this book. Very well developed characters, a complex and heart wrenching storyline, this book is a page turner.

Excellent story

This book kept me wondering g what would happen next. Would listen again too.

Very moving

Excellent story and paralleled with history. The description of the camps were moving without being over graphic.

An unforgettable true story!

It's almost unbelievable that it's based on a true story but it is! I loved the psychological aspect of the story and appreciated it that the author left it an open question whether it was true love or a still-unnamed Stockholm syndrome. And of course, I loved the main message of the story: love is always stronger than hate and can change even the most calloused of people. We need more of it in our world today. A great story narrated by a really gifted narrator!

Moving and disheartening

Disheartening. Man's inhumanity to man. Do not forget. Humanity can only survive if we do not repeat the past.

Great performance

The narrator was very enjoyable to listen to. Kept it engaging and it helped paint the picture in the story. The story was also fantastic. I love that that it was based on a true story.

Well done!

So well written, so well told, bravo over and over again. My oh my, the research that must have gone into this novel. Again, BRAVO! Ten ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Incredible

A beautifully written piece of historical fiction with extraordinarily complex and damaged characters living through a horrible moment of human history.

Excellent narration, Heart wrenching story

First of all, let me say the narrator did a fantastic job, one of the best I’ve heard thus far. The story was woven throughout the war and subsequent trial. I struggled with having compassion for Darla, but it seemed his intentions were sincere towards Helena. Well written, I appreciated the author straddling the line of fact and creative liberty. I would definitely recommend.

Great narration & heartfelt story

I was thoroughly captivated from the start. I had my initial doubt as obviously he’s guilty. He’s a nazi. Good story from such a horrific time in our history. Will be reading more from this author!