The war of the doomed : Jewish armed resistance in Poland, 1942-1944

Author(s)

• Krakowski, Shmuel
• Bauer, Yehuda
• Blaustein, Orah

Bibliographic Information

The war of the doomed : Jewish armed resistance in Poland, 1942-1944

Shmuel Krakowski ; foreword by Yehuda Bauer ; translated from the Hebrew by Orah Blaustein

Holmes & Meier, 1984

• : pbk

Other Title

Leḥimah Yehudit be-Polin neged ha-Natsim, 1942-1944

Note

Bibliography: p. 326-327

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Documents the Jewish resistance to Nazi occupation in Poland outside the confines of Warsaw. It tells of armed resistance in the forests and commando units as well as in POW and extermination camps. Also included is a fresh analysis of the Warsaw rebellion concerning the resistance that was hindered by the isolation and vulnerability of the participants. Taken together, the sources and memoirs reveal the ingenuity and bravery of Jews who proved themselves capable of heroic acts despite their previous mundane lives.

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Details

• NCID: BA69843088
• ISBN:
  • 0841908516
  • 0841908524
• LCCN: 83018537
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: hebpol
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 340 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D810.J4
  • DC19 : 940.53/15/03924
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland
  • LCSH : Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland
  • LCSH : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
  • LCSH : Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
  • LCSH : Poland -- Ethnic relations