Warsaw is My Country : The Story of Krystyna Bierzynska, 1928-1945 / Beth Holmgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmgren, Beth, Author.

Series:

Jews of Poland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

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

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.

Warsaw (Poland).

Poland--Warsaw.

Uprising (Warsaw, Poland : 1944).

Bierzyńska Stamper, Krystyna.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 116 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book tells the story of Krystyna Bierzyńska, an acculturated Polish Jew, from her birth in Warsaw in 1928 up to the war's end in May 1945, when she was reunited with her brother, Dolek, an officer in the Polish II Corps. Bierzyńska not only survived the Holocaust due in large part to the extraordinary efforts of her parents, blood relatives, and surrogate Christian family, but also served as a 16-year-old orderly in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Hers is a Warsaw story, a biography that demonstrates how, in urban interwar Poland, the lives of liberal educated Catholics and acculturated, unconverted Jews significantly overlapped. Co-creating the culture and developing the economy and industries of independent Poland, acculturated Jews at last dared to believe that they qualified as Polish citizens and patriots. Bierzyńska's story details her experience of two very different Warsaws: a cosmopolitan oasis of high culture, modern amenities, and tolerance, and an occupied capital intoxicated and united by conspiracy, where the residents joined together to overthrow a common enemy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments / Holmgren, Beth

List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. Under the Portrait of Gustawa

2. Being a Bierzyński

3. Warsaw before the War, 1928-1939

4. A Citizen of the World

5. Warsaw: Invasion and Occupation, 1939-1940

6. Learning the Life of a Fugitive, 1940-1942

7. Warsaw: A Conspiratorial Identity, 1942-1944

8. The 1944 Warsaw Uprising

9. A Polish Prisoner of War, 1944-1945

10. A Family Pact

11. Krystyna Bierzyńska in Polish History

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-61811-760-2

OCLC:

1065743132