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Title: Story of a Secret State by Jan Karski ISBN: 1-931541-39-6 Publisher: Simon Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Polish History Classic
Comment: This book belongs on everybody's short list of Polish and East European history. Jan Karski was a truly heroic man and is story is told in plain, straightforward langauge as the story of one man who took enormous risks to tell the story of the Holocaust. A necessary corrective to much of the polemic on the complex issue of Poles and the Nazi occupation. Not to be missed. This is the second anniversary of his death here in Washington.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing, true story that reads like a gripping novel
Comment: This book was assigned for a graduate course I took in Eastern European history; I couldn't believe that any required reading could be so exciting. It is the true story of Jan Karski's experience as a messenger for the Polish underground, and it doesn't include a dull page. Karski completed several missions, was captured by the Germans, and escaped. The leaders of Poland's Jewish community, knowing that Karski was going to the West, arranged for him to disguise himself as a guard in a death camp so that he could witness the atrocities. He not only went and included his horrifying experiences in this book, he personally reported what he saw to president Roosevelt and other prominent Americans. Karski knew that the West was betraying Poland and, as a last ditch effort to influence Western policy, he wrote and published this book in 1944. It was a best seller and, I believe, a Book-of-the-month club selection. So much for not knowing about what Hitler was doing to the Jews! Do read this amazing story and, to get the full background, read the book "Karksi, How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust," by E. Thomas Wood.
Rating: 5
Summary: Story of a Secret State
Comment: "Story of A Secrete State" is the tale of the Polish resistance movement to the Nazi occupation of Poland (1939-1945) told by Jan Karski, a member of the "Underground". Jan Karski, a true patriot of Poland, gives you an "insider" view of what life was like for Poles during this period of time and the variety of methods used by the Polish Underground to resist the Nazis. Karski is an EXCELLENT writer and vividly details the travails of Poland from the initial invasion by the Nazis in 1939 through the Warsaw Uprising. It is a must read for anyone whom is interested in WWII, Poland, or how the Nazis operated in the nations they occupied. As a special bonus it gives detailed information on how to set up a resistance movement, a secrete newspaper, urban warfare, and intelligence gathering, should the need arise in your life. TWO THUMBS UP!!
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Title: Karski : How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust by E. Thomas Wood, Stanisław M. Jankowski ISBN: 0471145734 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 02 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies ISBN: 0670032840 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 06 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944 by Richard C. Lukas, Norman Davies ISBN: 0781809010 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: My Life by Bill Clinton ISBN: 0375414576 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 22 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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