Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In the Polish secret war In the Polish secret war Marian S. Mazgaj "Born in Poland 1923, Marian Mazgaj was just a teenager when Germany invaded his country and launched Poland into the combat of World War II. Although he was too young to join the army, within a few … OL13614603W
The long walk The long walk Slavomir Rawicz Describes the four-thousand-mile journey across the Gobi Desert and the Himalayas of seven men who escaped from a Siberian prison camp. The harrowing true tale of escaped Soviet prisoners desperate m… OL17733537W
The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt Rulka Langer Rare eyewitness account of early, chaotic days of WWII - Nazi invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw and first months of Occupation - written by a young working mother. Rulka Langer's eye for detail and… OL17737134W
Untold Stories of Polish Heroes from World War II Untold Stories of Polish Heroes from World War II Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm ENDORESMENTS Poland was the first country to stand against Hitler’s Nazi armies and the Red Armies of Stalin’s Soviet Union when, in Sept. 1939, at the beginning of World War 11,they both marched … OL17810070W
Man in the middle Man in the middle Witold Sagajllo On the first of September 1939 forty-five German divisions supported by 15,000 aircraft attacked Poland and two weeks later, under the terms of the Nazi - Soviet agreement, the Russians occupied east… OL5192339W
The long walk The long walk Slavomir Rawicz This book is a real good read as they say. I found it on the sad side...even brings a tear to your eye. This book should be relegated to the fiction section of the library. There is much in Raw… OL520956W
The Lost Childhood The Lost Childhood Yehuda Nir 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. OL550451W
The labyrinth of dangerous hours The labyrinth of dangerous hours Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon xviii, 152 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL5854313W
War in the Shadow of Auschwitz War in the Shadow of Auschwitz John Wiernicki "1943: Polish underground fighter John Wiernicki is captured and beaten by the Gestapo, then shipped to Auschwitz. In this memoir, John Wiernicki, a Gentile, details "life" in the infamous death camp… OL9609607W