Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust - Couverture souple

Wood, E. Thomas; Jankowski, Stanislaw M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 089672882X ISBN 13 : 9780896728820

Editeur : Texas Tech Press,U.S., 2014

Synopsis

A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, Jan Karski joined the Polish Underground movement in 1939. He became a courier for the Underground, crossing enemy lines to serve as a liaison between occupied Poland and the free world. In 1942, Jewish leaders asked him to carry a desperate message to Allied leaders: the news of Hitler's effort to exterminate the Jews of Europe. To be able to deliver an authentic report, Karski twice toured the Warsaw Ghetto in disguise and later volunteered to be smuggled into a camp that was part of the Nazi murder machine. Carrying searing tales of inhumanity, Karski set out to alert the world to the emerging Holocaust, meeting with top Allied officials and later President Roosevelt, to deliver his descriptions of genocide. Part spy thriller and part compelling story of moral courage against all odds, Karski is the first definitive account of perhaps the most significant warning of the impending Holocaust to reach the free world.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Texas Tech Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 089672882X
• ISBN 13: 9780896728820
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 277