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Fire without smoke : the memoirs of a Polish partisan / Florian Mayevski with Spencer Bright.

LIBRA DS135.P63 M36 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mayevski, Florian.
Contributor:
Bright, Spencer.
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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