A collection of testimonies by sixty Christian Poles, most of them derived from interviews with the editor or written depositions never before published. They describe the period 1939-45, and include accounts of their attempts to save Jews. See the introduction (pp. 1-14) for a …
"" Richard Lukas's book, encompassing the wartime recollections of sixty ""ordinary"" Poles under Nazi occupation, constitutes a valuable contribution to a new perspective on World War II. Lukas presents gripping first-person accounts of the years 1939-1945 by Polish Christians …
Core essays cover developments within the Jewish community and also its contacts with Polish society to show how Jewish society flourished without being insular.
Historically, many Polish Jews lived in shtetls, villages and small towns, but little of what we know about shtetl life comes from historical research. Topics in this volume include the role of the shtetl in integration, their existence under Russian/USSR and Polish rule, how th…
Describes the formation of one of the most daring underground movements of World War II under the leadership of twenty-four-year-old Isaac Zuckerman and the group's collective efforts to gather information, build an arms cache, participate in uprisings, and organize escape syste…
Describes the formation of one of the most daring underground movements of World War II under the leadership of twenty-four-year-old Isaac Zuckerman and the group's collective efforts to gather information, build an arms cache, participate in uprisings, and organize escape syste…
Describes the formation of one of the most daring underground movements of World War II under the leadership of twenty-four-year-old Isaac Zuckerman, and the group's collective efforts to gather information, build an arms cache, participate in uprisings, and organize escape syst…
Describes the formation of one of the most daring underground movements of World War II under the leadership of twenty-four-year-old Isaac Zuckerman, and the group's collective efforts to gather information, build an arms cache, participate in uprisings, and organize escape syst…
"Yehuda Nir was nine years old when he witnessed his father rounded up by the Nazis, never to be seen again - the first of countless relatives, friends and neighbors murdered during the Holocaust. Forced to flee to Warsaw and live in disguise as Catholics for the next five years…
The story of six years in the life of a Polish Jewish boy, who along with his mother and sister, survived World War II through cunning and guile.
Describes six years in the life of a daring and resourceful Polish Jewish boy and his family, who survived the Holocaust by using false papers and posing as Catholics.
