Escape From the Pit - A Womans Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 19391943

Originally published in Hebrew in 1944, this fascinating and moving account may well be the first memoir of the Holocaust.

Info autore

Renia Kukielka was born in Jedrzejow, Poland, in 1924. During World War II, she was a member of the Zionist youth resistance in Poland. Following her escape to British Mandate Palestine in 1944, she wrote her memoir, Bindudim Uvamachteret: 1939-1943 B'Polin (While Wandering and in the Underground: 1939-1943 in Poland), which was published before the war ended. She died in Haifa, Israel, in 2014.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Renia Kukielka
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781438494777
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9477-7
• Pagine: 236
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Excelsior Editions
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: general, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater