Codename: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe - Rilegato

Tomaszewski, Irene; Werbowski, Tecia

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ISBN 10: 031338391X ISBN 13: 9780313383915

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2010

Riassunto

"This book retells the remarkable story of ...The /egotd.... Its leaders and activists were both Catholics, like WIddyslaw Bartoszewski or Irene Sendler, or Jews like Adolf Berman. Its achievements, against the highest of odds, were astounding. At least half of all Jews who survived the Holocaust in Poland did so thanks to the heroic efforts of Zegota."-From the Foreword by NORMAN DAVIES

"Code Name: Zegota is the story of extraordinary heroism amidst unique depravity compelling in its human as well as historical dimensions. It is a particularly valuable addition to our understanding of the many facets of the Holocaust because Zegota as an organized effort was tantamount to 'Schindler's list' multiplied a hundred-fold."-ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Center for Strategic and International Studies

"The story of Zegota is one of courage and valor in the midst of great chaos during the Holocaust. 7egota's legacy is intertwined with the beautiful legacy of trend Send ler."-NORM CONARD Director of life in a Jar/the Irma Sendler Project

"This book restores one's faith in mankind. It reveals the little known story of tegota, an underground organization in Poland dedicated to the rescue of Jews during ring World War II. Organized by Gentile Poles who themselves were starved and enslaved, they risked their own and their children's lives in order to snatch Jews from the Nazi killing machine. Thousands of Poles perished in this intrepid quest. Written in an exciting style and meticulously documented, the book is fascinating from beginning to end and affords insight into this little known heroism."-DORIT WHITEMAN Author of The Uprooted: A Hitler Legacy: Voices of 'Those who Escaped before the "Final Solution'" and Lonek's Journey: The True Story Of a Boy's Escape to Freedom

More than a thousand people in Nazi-occupied Poland were executed for helping Jews: men and women, young and old, grandparents, teenagers, and school children. What inspired courage such as that demonstrated by the Zegota member who reasoned, "To save a Jew could cost you your life. So for the same life, why not save ten?"

Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe tells the story of the only secret organization in occupied Europe set up for the sole purpose of saving Jews. The first book on the subject in English, it details the danger and complexity behind Zegota rescue attempts, clarifying the relationships between the Germans, who had total control, the Poles, who were relegated to subhuman status and treated as slave labor, and the Jews, designated nonhuman and collectively condemned to death. Illuminating the moral dilemmas that arose as one life was pitted against another under the lawless apartheid conditions created by the Nazis, Code Name: Zegota explores the critical situation in occupied Poland and the personalities that responded to desperate conditions with a mix of courage and creativity. It profiles the key players and the network behind them and describes the sophisticated organization and its mode of operation. The cast of characters ranges from members of prewar Poland's cultural and political elite to Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, who worked as couriers. As this inspiring book shows, all of these brave souls risked torture, concentration camps, and deathùand many paid the price.

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L'autore

Irene Tomaszewski is the program director of an international symposium on Polish Studies in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, and founding president of the Montreal-based Canadian Foundation for Polish Studies. Her published works include Inside a Gestapo Prison: The Letters of Krystyna Wituska, 1942-1944.
Tecia Werbowski is a professional writer whose work has been translated into several languages and adapted for the stage, radio, and television. She is the author of eight novels. Born in Poland and a child of the Holocaust, she now divides her time between Montreal, the Laurentians, and Prague.

Product Description

Book by Tomaszewski Irene Werbowski Tecia

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 031338391X
• ISBN 13: 9780313383915
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 184