In Nazi-occupied Europe, nine young women smuggled arms, harbored parachuting agents, trekked escape routes to Spain, and hid Jewish children. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo, and deported to Germany. Meeting each other along the way in prison, in transit, and at Ravensbrück, this close-knit group of friends had one goal: escape. Here Gwen Strauss tells the incredible story of her great aunt Hélène Podliasky and the other women who seized the opportunity and embarked on a perilous trek back to France.