History Literature / RoseUnderFire

* TheHolocaust: Since the novel is set in a concentration camp, it depicts TheHolocaust in great detail.

* PersecutedIntellectuals: Many of the women in Block 32 with Rose had been writers, professors, or students. Also TruthInTelevision during TheHolocaust.

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''Rose Under Fire'', by Creator/ElizabethWein, is a 2013 young adult historical novel set in Ravensbrück, a women’s concentration camp, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Rose, an American pilot for the British Air Transport Auxiliary, gets lost while flying from Paris to England and is captured by the Germans. She is sent to Ravensbrück, where she experiences unimaginable horrors and befriends the “Rabbits,” a group of Polish women who were subject to experimentation by the Nazis.

''Rose Under Fire'', by Elizabeth Wein, is a 2013 young adult historical novel set in Ravensbrück, a women’s concentration camp, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Rose, an American pilot for the British Air Transport Auxiliary, gets lost while flying from Paris to England and is captured by the Germans. She is sent to Ravensbrück, where she experiences unimaginable horrors and befriends the “Rabbits,” a group of Polish women who were subject to experimentation by the Nazis.

This book is a [[SpiritualSuccessor companion novel]] to ''Literature/CodeNameVerity'', also by Elizabeth Wein.

* PlaneSpotting: The novel has a lot of discussion of military aviation.

''Rose Under Fire'', by Elizabeth Wein, is a 2013 young adult historical novel set in Ravensbrück, a women’s concentration camp, during WorldWarII. Rose, an American pilot for the British Air Transport Auxiliary, gets lost while flying from Paris to England and is captured by the Germans. She is sent to Ravensbrück, where she experiences unimaginable horrors and befriends the “Rabbits,” a group of Polish women who were subject to experimentation by the Nazis.

* WorldWarII/TheAftermath: The last section of the book describes the Nuremberg trials.

* WorldWarII: Most of the novel is set during the last year of the war.

* HidingTheHandicap: The Rabbits are supposed to be executed, so they have to come up with ways to not appear handicapped when the guards are watching.

* NightmareFuel: Róża and the other Rabbits have brutal scars from the experiments done to them. Rose is horrified the first time she sees [[spoilers: the pieces missing from Róża's legs.]]

* MadDoctor: The doctors of Ravensbrück experiment on the Rabbits, supposedly in the name of science but Rose wonders if it was instead ForTheEvuls.

* PlayingWithSyringes: The Rabbits were subject to horrific experimentation.

* TheScrounger: Elodie is able to procure socks, a toothbrush, sanitary pads, and many other things.

* DefiantCaptive: The prisoners of Ravensbrück hide or try to escape to avoid execution.

* MadDoctor: The doctors who did the experiments on the Rabbits.

This book is a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] to ''Literature/CodeNameVerity'', also by Elizabeth Wein.

This book is a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] to ''CodeNameVerity'', also by Elizabeth Wein.

* LaResistance: Róża, Karolina, and Elodie were all members.

* GreatEscape: [[spoiler: Rose's escape form Ravensbrück]].

* TheScrounger: Elodie is able to procure anything from socks to a toothbrush to sanitary pads.