Renia Kukielka
Escape from the Pit : a Woman's Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1943
- ISBN 13:
- 9781438494777
- author:
- Renia Kukielka
- format:
- Trade Paperback
- publisher:
- STATE University of New York Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 236
- Genre:
- Women Biography & Autobiography
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Renia Kukielka's memoir, first published in Hebrew in 1944, is a powerful and raw account of life during the Holocaust. The story follows her experiences in the ghettos and as a courier for the Zionist youth movement's underground cell, before being arrested by the Gestapo in 1943. Kukielka's account combines immediacy with hindsight, offering a unique perspective on life outside of the ghettos and concentration camps during wartime Poland. The memoir also sheds light on the scale of Nazi atrocities during the war and provides insight into the Zionist youth resistance to the Holocaust. This expanded edition includes a scholarly introduction, notes, and a historical afterword, which help to contextualize Kukielka's personal account.
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