Bibliograph

The Warsaw ghetto, a Christian's testimony, Władysław Bartoszewski ; foreword by Stanisław Lem ; translated by Stephen G. Cappellari

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Label

The Warsaw ghetto, a Christian's testimony, Władysław Bartoszewski ; foreword by Stanisław Lem ; translated by Stephen G. Cappellari

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Warsaw ghetto

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

16867667

Responsibility statement

Władysław Bartoszewski ; foreword by Stanisław Lem ; translated by Stephen G. Cappellari

Sub title

a Christian's testimony

Summary

Surveys Nazi policy towards the Jews in Poland from 1939 on, focusing on conditions in Warsaw. The author, a Polish historian and journalist, who began to assist Jews in the winter of 1941-42, was active in the Council for Aid to Jews (Zegota). Emphasizes the close coordination of their activities with the Jewish Affairs Department of the Polish Home Army which also transmitted information to the West about the fate of the Jews. Describes the formation of the Jewish underground and the Warsaw ghetto revolt. Relates that the underground received arms and explosives from the Home Army which also sent a small unit to try and break through the ghetto wall during the uprising. also describes efforts to help Jews after the ghetto's destruction and to increase awareness of the Jewish tragedy among the Polish population and encourage aid to Jews., (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism)

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