Jadwiga Biskupska
Survivors : Warsaw under Nazi Occupation
- ISBN 13:
- 9781009012508
- author:
- Jadwiga Biskupska
- format:
- Trade Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 343
- Genre:
- Europe / Eastern History Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Survivors Warsaw under Nazi Occupation by Jadwiga Biskupska explores the brutal reality of life in Warsaw during World War II. The city's Jewish community was subjected to ghettoization, violent persecution, and suppression of multiple uprisings, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. This study delves into the unique brutality of wartime Warsaw, tracing how Nazi Germany targeted Poland's intelligentsia to dismantle the nation and state. Biskupska examines the emergence of resistance projects within the intelligentsia, who sought to maintain national traditions and rebuild a Polish state. By focusing on Polish behavior during the occupation, this book sheds new light on the complexities of collaboration and resistance in Eastern Europe, addressing lingering questions and controversies about the Nazi empire and the Holocaust.
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