How We Outwitted and Survived the Nazis
Cherry Orchard Books (Verlag)
979-8-88719-198-0 (ISBN)
"[A] worthy tribute to the extraordinary bravery of a remarkable woman.” — Publishers Weekly
In World War II's Poland, thirty year old Zofia Sterner and her husband Wacek refuse to be classified as Jews destined for extermination.
Instead, they evade the Nazis and the Soviets in several dramatic escapes and selflessly rescue many Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and a labor camp, later becoming active participants in the Warsaw Uprising where they are taken prisoner. This retelling, captured through diaries, interviews, war crime trial testimonies, and letters, detail the Sterners' heroic rescues, escapes, and ultimate survival. A true story of hope amid horrifying tragedy, How We Outwitted and Survived the Nazis illustrates how war brings out the worst and the best in people, and how true humanity and heroism of ordinary people are revealed by their willingness to risk everything and help others. This story is about being human under the most inhumane conditions.
Roman Dziarski is a Professor Emeritus at Indiana University and a biomedical scientist with 150 publications and 14,000 citations, passionately interested in the Holocaust, WWII history, and helping persecuted people.
Preface
Chapter 1:Fleeing
Chapter 2:Getting help
Chapter 3:Mob and loss
Chapter 4:Reunion and fleeing again
Chapter 5:Back with the family
Chapter 6:Evading
Chapter 7:Birth
Chapter 8:Resistance
Chapter 9:Rescues
Chapter 10:Passing and hiding
Chapter 11:Working for the enemy
Chapter 12:Blackmail
Chapter 13:Underground
Chapter 14:Uprising
Chapter 15:Prisoner
Chapter 16:Deportation
Chapter 17:Escape and freedom
Chapter 18:Return
Chapter 19:Back home
Chapter 20:Epilogue – Zosia and Edek Kosman
The main characters
Afterword
Postface
Jewish situation in Poland before WWII
Polish-Jewish relations, Polish help, and Polish atrocities on Jews in WWII
Human cost of WWII
A note on terminology
Abbreviations and glossary
Acknowledgements
References
List of Figures
Figure credits
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 349 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-88719-198-0 / 9798887191980 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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