The doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto / Maria Ciesielska ; translated from the original Polish by Agata Krzychylkiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ciesielska, Maria, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Krzychylkiewicz, Agatha, translator.

Series:

Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)

The Holocaust: history and literature, ethics and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish physicians--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.

Jewish physicians.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Poland--Warsaw.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Warsaw.

Jews.

Jewish hospitals--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.

Jewish hospitals.

Jews--Medicine--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.

Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2022]

Summary:

The most detailed study ever undertaken into the fate of more than 800 Jewish doctors who devoted themselves, in many cases until the day they died, to the care of the sick and the dying in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Contents:

Introduction to the Jewish Community in Poland

The Medical System in Prewar Poland

Jewish Doctors and Antisemitism between the Wars

Healthcare during and in the Aftermath of the 1939 Siege of Warsaw

Healthcare Prior to the Creation of the Ghetto

Healthcare after the Sealing of the Warsaw Ghetto

The Great Deportation (Grossaktion)

Healthcare after the Great Deportation

The Ghetto Uprising and its Aftermath.

: Resistance by the Medical Fraternity.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Ciesielska, Maria The Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto

ISBN:

9781644697276

1644697270

OCLC:

1322124942