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Rose pod palbou
Author: Elizabeth Weinová
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Rose pod palbou follows a pilot's wartime captivity through her experience in a women's camp. Friendship in Ravensbrück offers strength amid terror, connecting her personal story with the lives of women subjected to Nazi experiments.
In the summer of 1944, young American pilot Rose Justiceová is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. Amid terror, she finds strength in friendships with women who have survived persecution and Nazi medical experiments.
Book information
- Author
- Elizabeth Weinová
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Cooboo
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- historický román, young adult, vojnový román
- ISBN
- 978-80-754-4209-3
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 328
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-754-4232-1) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-754-4231-4) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-754-4233-8)
What is Rose pod palbou about?
Rose serves as a pilot during World War II. After her capture by the Nazis, she is deported to Ravensbrück, where she meets prisoners of different nationalities and backgrounds, including Polish women subjected to experiments by Nazi doctors. Friendship, mutual support, and the need to preserve testimony about what happens in the camp become sources of hope. A loose sequel to Krycí jméno Verity, the novel combines historical fiction with themes of courage, memory, and solidarity.
Themes and motifs
Friendship and solidarity
Relationships among the prisoners help them preserve hope and humanity.
Survival
Rose faces the physical and psychological violence of the concentration camp.
Memory and testimony
Remembering names, experiences, and crimes committed against the prisoners is an important theme.
Courage
The characters resist fear and helplessness through small and significant acts of courage.
War and persecution
The story shows the effects of Nazi persecution and camp violence on individual women.
Setting
Europe during World War II, primarily Ravensbrück women's concentration camp in 1944.
Main characters
Rose Justiceová
A young American pilot who is sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp after being captured by the Nazis.
Who is this book for?
For teenage and adult readers of World War II historical fiction and stories about courage, friendship, survival, and preserving historical memory.
Book context
Elizabeth Wein's Rose Under Fire was originally published in 2013 as a loose sequel to Code Name Verity. It focuses on a different protagonist but belongs to the same story world. The novel won the Schneider Family Book Award and was among the acclaimed historical YA novels of 2013. The Czech SOURCE_FACT date of 2016 refers to a specific edition.
Séria a poradie
- Krycí jméno Verity – tento titul je 2. diel
Awards
Schneider Family Book Award
Otázky o knihe
What is Rose pod palbou about?
The novel follows young pilot Rose Justiceová, who is captured by the Nazis during World War II and imprisoned in Ravensbrück women's concentration camp.
Who wrote Rose pod palbou?
The author is Elizabeth Wein.
What is the book's original title?
The original English title is Rose Under Fire.
Is the book a sequel to Krycí jméno Verity?
Yes. It is a loose sequel and companion novel to Code Name Verity.
Where does a significant part of the story take place?
In Ravensbrück women's concentration camp during World War II.
Is Rose Justiceová a pilot?
Yes. Rose is a young American pilot who ferries aircraft during the war.
Did the book win a major award?
Yes. Rose Under Fire won the Schneider Family Book Award.
How many pages does this Czech edition have?
SOURCE_FACT lists 328 pages.
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