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My war against the Nazis : a Jewish soldier with the Red Army / Adam Broner ; foreword by Antony Polonsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broner, Adam, 1925-
- Series:
- Fire ant books.
- Fire ant books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Jews--Poland--Biography.
- Jews.
- Jews--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Soviet Union. Raboche-Krestianskaia Krasnaia Armiia--Biography.
- Soviet Union.
- Poland. Armia--Biography.
- Poland.
- Broner, Adam, 1925-.
- Broner, Adam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A poignant account of the perils and fortunes of an indomitable survivor of violence in Eastern Europe during World War II. In 1939, to escape Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Adam Broner and his older brother Sam left their home and family in Lodz, Poland, and made their way to the Soviet Union. Adam enlisted in the Red Army to join the fight against the Nazis but was sent to work in a Siberian coal mine instead when his nationality was discovered. After a bold and daring escape from Siberia, Broner reached the Soviet Polish Kosciuszko Army, joined the struggle against the Nazis,
- Contents:
- Contents
- List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Antony Polonsky – Prologue
- I. Fleeing the nazis to the "soviet paradise"
- II. My war with the Nazis
- III. Stages of new life; IV. Freedom at last – epilogue
- historical references – index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8128-7
- OCLC:
- 427509017
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