Escaping hell : the story of a Polish underground officer in Auschwitz and Buchenwald / Kon Piekarski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piekarski, Kon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piekarski, Konstanty R., 1915-1990.

Piekarski, Konstanty R.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] : Dundurn Press Limited, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Escaping Hell is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald - where violence was meaningless because human life had lost all value. During World War II, Kon Piekarski was a member of the Polish Underground Army, a clandestine resistance movement which operated even inside Auschwitz - organizing spectacular esacpes, operating a secret radio network and matching wits with the Gestapo. After Auschwitz, Piekarski became a prisoner of war at Buchenwald and spent time working in

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Part I: Auschwitz; 1. Reception at Auschwitz; 2. Terror and Conditioning; 3. Warped Life in a Warped World; 4. The Death of Mietek and Father Kolbe's Sacrifice; 5. Of Morgues and Horses; 6. Resisting Terror; 7. Smuggling as an Art Form; Part II: Buchenwald & Satellite Camp Rose; 8. The Shooting Gallery; 9. Slave Labour and Religion; 10. Zigi's Kingdom; 11. Final Escape; Epilogue; Appendix

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 22, 2017).

ISBN:

9786611962012

9781459713413

1459713419

9781281962010

1281962015

9781554881567

1554881560

OCLC:

259247018