Treblinka
"Nearly a million Jews were consumed by the ovens of Treblinka before August 2, 1943. On that day 600 prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacked the Nazi guards, burned the camp, and fled into the nearby Polish forests. Of these, forty survived to bear witness to man's courage in the face of the greatest evil human history has produced."
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- Full title :Treblinka / by Jean-François Steiner. Introduction by Terrence Des Pres ; preface by Simone De Bouvoir ; translated from the French by Helen Weaver.
Summary
"Nearly a million Jews were consumed by the ovens of Treblinka before August 2, 1943. On that day 600 prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacked the Nazi guards, burned the camp, and fled into the nearby Polish forests. Of these, forty survived to bear witness to man's courage in the face of the greatest evil human history has produced."
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- Publication Date:1993.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Meridian
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1993.
Notes
Donated by Mrs. Nancy Burns.
The Physical Object
- Description:415 pages
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0452011248 pbk., 9780452011243 pbk.
- oclc:ocn671253953
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