The Nine tells the story of nine women under thirty who joined the resistance during World War II and eventually became a close-knit group of friends. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked escape routes to Spain, and hid Jewish children in scattered apartments. They were arrested by French police, interrogated and tortured by the Gestapo, subjected to a series of French prisons, and deported to Germany. Gwen Strauss shares with us the true story of her great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led this band of female resistance fighters on a daring escape from a German forced labor camp and a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII back to Paris. All fall speakers are $8 members / $10 non-members. To register, visit https://www.commonpointqueens.org/event/the-nine-the-true-story-of-a-band-of-women-who-survived-the-worst-of-nazi-germany/ For a full list of our Fall Virtual Cultural Arts Speakers and Events at Commonpoint Queens, visit https://www.commonpointqueens.org/cultural/ For more information, please email kstrauss@commonpointqueens.org.