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Fire without smoke : the memoirs of a Polish partisan / Florian Mayevski with Spencer Bright.
LIBRA DS135.P63 M36 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mayevski, Florian.
- Series:
- Library of Holocaust testimonies 1363-3759
- The library of Holocaust testimonies 1363-3759
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Poland--Biography.
- Jews.
- Poland.
- Guerrillas--Poland--Biography.
- Guerrillas.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives -- Jewish.
- Personal narratives -- Polish.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 168 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Vallentine Mitchell, 2003.
- Contents:
- The Library of Holocaust Testimonies / Sir Martin Gilbert xiii
- Facing the War 7
- Childhood Lessons 10
- Protecting the Family 15
- Death and Arrest 21
- Losing my Family 27
- Despair Followed by Hope 30
- Going into Hiding 37
- Becoming a Hermit 46
- Going Underground 59
- A New Identity 69
- Winter Hibernation 75
- Chicken Soup in the Forest 78
- Joining the Partisans 81
- The First Action 85
- Collaborators and Traitors 91
- A Scent of Betrayal 110
- Joining the Russian Partisans 118
- Fight to the Death 122
- Saving the Major and a German 130
- The Russians Arrive 135
- Liberation 144
- A New Wave of Anti-Semitism 150
- Becoming a Refugee 157
- Falling in Love 162.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0853034613
- OCLC:
- 50748493
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