During the Holocaust, twenty-five young prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration camp were selected to design and sew fashionable clothing. Mostly these were Jewish girls. They hoped that this work would save them from the gas chambers. The girls worked in an “elite” workshop at the camp called the “Upper Atelier”, founded by Hedwig Höss, the wife of the camp commandant, who was patronized by the wives of guards and SS officers. They produced high-quality clothing for the ladies of high society in Nazi Berlin and for the SS themselves. In Dressmakers of Auschwitz, historian Lucy Adlington recounts the exploits of these brave women and sheds light on a little-known chapter of World War II and the Holocaust. The girls’ family and friendship ties not only helped them survive persecution, but also played a role in the camp resistance. The author draws on many sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress.