The Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation, 1939-1944"There is no doubt that from the very beginning of their occupation the Nazis were intent on destroying Poland as a nation, and in his absorbing account of wartime Poland, Richard Lucas outlines the variety of means that they employed for the purpose." --The New York Review of Books "A superior work." --Library Journal "An eloquent, gripping account." --Publisher's Weekly "Lukas tells the story with an outrage properly contained within the framework of a scholarly narrative." --Washington Post |
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A sizable group of Jews from Ceglow took refuge in the village of Cisie ( incl . from the Goldsztajn family Esther , Yoyne and Mendel and the baby girl , Jablonka ) , as well as fugitives who had escaped from the " death trains ...
A sizable group of Jews from Ceglow took refuge in the village of Cisie ( incl . from the Goldsztajn family Esther , Yoyne and Mendel and the baby girl , Jablonka ) , as well as fugitives who had escaped from the " death trains ...
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BARAN , Szczepan , 36 On 10 June 1943 a division of the German military police from Rzeszow surrounded the village of Hucisko and murdered 21 inhabitants of this village and the neighbouring village of Przewrotne in retaliation for ...
BARAN , Szczepan , 36 On 10 June 1943 a division of the German military police from Rzeszow surrounded the village of Hucisko and murdered 21 inhabitants of this village and the neighbouring village of Przewrotne in retaliation for ...
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The Gestapo officers threatened that the whole village would be punished if Rogozinskis didn't show up . The intimidated inhabitants of the village gave them away to the Germans . Both of them were killed on 15 January 1943 ( cf.
The Gestapo officers threatened that the whole village would be punished if Rogozinskis didn't show up . The intimidated inhabitants of the village gave them away to the Germans . Both of them were killed on 15 January 1943 ( cf.
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FOREWORD by Norman Davies ix | 1 |
CHAPTER | 40 |
CHAPTER THREE | 61 |
Copyright | |
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