The road to Katyn : a soldier's story
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The road to Katyn : a soldier's story
Blackwell Publishers, 1992
- Other Title
-
Yaʿar Ḳaṭin, 1940
Available at / 9 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Published in association with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, Oxford
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Despite the recent Soviet admission of guilt, the Katyn massacre in 1940, in which over 4000 Polish prisoners-of-war were shot, remains one of the most debated events of the World War II. Indeed, some Soviet officials continue to deny their country's responsibility. Salomon Slowes was a Jewish officer in the Polish army who formed part of the group taken prisoner by the Soviets in September 1939. After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the Polish government-in-exile arranged the release of the prisoners to fight the Nazis alongside the Soviet army. A surprise awaited the organizers of the Polish force - over 15000 men from the group had disappeared. Not until 1943 were the mass graves in the Katyn forest discovered, where 4000 had been shot in the back at close range. In this personal testimony, Salomon Slowes casts light on the developments leading to the massacre which, "by miracle and blind fate", he survived.
Table of Contents
- The storm approaches
- trapped
- the POW camp
- through the "gate of freedom" to Katyn
- full circle
- hardships en route to freedom
- Totskoye
- the Jewish legion plan
- staff headquarters in Buzuluk
- leaving Russia
- Iraq
- from Baghdad to Haifa
- Italy
- peace?
- the mystery of Katyn.
by "Nielsen BookData"