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Inside a Gestapo Prison: The Letters of Krystyna Wituska, 1942–1944 - Couverture souple

Tomaszewski, Irene

 
9780814332948: Inside a Gestapo Prison: The Letters of Krystyna Wituska, 1942–1944
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0814332943 ISBN 13 : 9780814332948
Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 2006

Synopsis

A compelling firsthand account of life behind bars in Nazi Germany, from the point of view of a young member of the Polish Underground.

On the eve of World War II, Krystyna Wituska, a carefree teenager attending finishing school in Switzerland, returned to Poland. During the occupation, when she was twenty years old, she drifted into the Polish Underground. By her own admission, she was attracted first by the adventure, but her youthful bravado soon turned into a mental and spiritual mastery over fear. Because Krystyna spoke fluent German, she was assigned to collect information on German troop movements at Warsaw's airport.

In 1942, at age twenty-one, she was arrested by the Gestapo and transferred to prison in Berlin, where she was executed two years later.

Eighty of the letters that Krystyna wrote in the last eighteen months of her life are translated and collected in this volume. The letters, together with an introduction providing historical background to Krystyna's arrest, constitute a little-known and authentic record of the treatment of ethnic Poles under German occupation, the experience of Polish prisoners in German custody, and a glimpse into the prisons of Berlin. Krystyna's letters also reflect her own courage, idealism, faith, and sense of humor. As a classroom text, this book relates nicely to contemporary discussions of racism, nationalism, patriotism, human rights, and stereotypes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Irene Tomaszewski is a writer and translator living in Montreal, Canada, who was born in a Soviet concentration camp. She is co-author of Zegota: The Rescue of Jews in Wartime Poland (Price-Patterson, 1994).

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Éditeur
Wayne State University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814332943
ISBN 13 
9780814332948
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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