ISBN:
0471018562
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 316, [8] S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
1994
DDC:
940.53/37
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland
;
Karski, Jan 〈1914-〉
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Karski, Jan 〈1914-2000〉
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Karski, Jan
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Poland - Ethnic relations
;
Poland - History - Occupation - 1939-1945
;
Geschichte 1939-1945
;
Geschichte
;
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Mouvements de résistance - Pologne - Biographies
;
Holocaust
;
Holocauste, 1939-1945 - Pologne
;
Jews - Poland - Persecutions
;
Juifs - Persécutions - Pologne - Histoire - 20e siècle
;
Tweede Wereldoorlog
;
World War - 1939-1945 - Undergraund movements - Poland - Biography
;
Geschichte
;
Juden
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jews Persecutions
;
World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements
;
Biography
;
Information
;
Alliierte
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Besetzung
;
Untergrundbewegung
;
Pologne - Histoire - 1939-1945 (Occupation)
;
Pologne - Relations interethniques
;
Polen
;
Poland Ethnic relations
;
Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945
;
Polen
;
Biografie 1939-1945
;
Quelle
;
Karski, Jan 1914-2000
;
Polen
;
Untergrundbewegung
;
Geschichte 1939-1945
;
Karski, Jan 1914-2000
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Information
;
Alliierte
;
Karski, Jan 1914-2000
;
Polen
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Untergrundbewegung
;
Geschichte
;
Polen
;
Judenvernichtung
;
Geschichte 1939-1945
;
Polen
;
Besetzung
;
Geschichte 1939-1945
Abstract:
An instinctive survivor, a soldier driven by a single-minded focus on his mission, an extraordinary man in an extraordinary time, Jan Karski became a legend
Abstract:
A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer at the outbreak of World War II, Karski joined the Polish underground movement in 1939 after ingeniously escaping from a Soviet detention camp. Most of the Polish officers held with him were later executed. Karski became a courier for the underground crossing enemy lines to serve as liaison between occupied Poland and the free world. Captured by the Gestapo in 1940 he was savagely tortured
Abstract:
Afraid that the Germans would extract secrets from him he slashed his wrists. But after the suicide attempt failed, he escaped from a hospital with the help of an underground commando team. His work had just begun
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix05/94009435.html
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