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War in the shadow of Auschwitz : memoirs of a Polish resistance fighter and survivor of the death camps / John Wiernicki.
LIBRA D811 .W4827 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiernicki, John.
- Series:
- Religion, theology, and the Holocaust
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wiernicki, John.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Guerrillas--Poland--Biography.
- Guerrillas.
- Poland.
- Prisoners of war--Poland--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp).
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Polish.
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 273 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Dry September 3
- Chapter 2 Uneven Struggle 18
- Chapter 3 Freedom Fighters 47
- Chapter 4 Devil's Empire 77
- Chapter 5 Auschwitz-Birkenau 88
- Chapter 6 Men's Camp BIId 114
- Chapter 7 Dr. Thilo's Hospital 141
- Chapter 8 Desinfektionskommando 162
- Chapter 9 Buchenwald-Ohrdruf 209
- Chapter 10 Death March 236
- Chapter 11 White Stars 246
- Appendix Table of Military Ranks 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815607229
- OCLC:
- 46935881
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