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Author Rosinski, Jan, 1917-2012.

Title The Warsaw underground : a memoir of resistance, 1939-1945 / by Jan Rosinski with Richard Hile
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology
Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology
NC LIVE module
Contents Prologue -- Invasion -- Family -- The underground -- The bookstore -- The governor-general -- Gestapo -- Barbarity -- The deserter -- Stories, 1943 -- Warsaw uprising -- Prisoners of war -- The Russians arrive and we escape -- With the British and the Polish Army -- England and on to America -- Epilogue
Summary "The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist if not leadership role in the Polish resistance organization, Armia Krajowa or AK. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents, especially travel papers that allowed many refugees to escape the city"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rosinski, Jan, 1917-2012.
SUBJECT Rosinski, Jan, 1917-2012 fast
Subject Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa -- Biography
SUBJECT Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland -- Warsaw
Government, Resistance to -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Government, Resistance to
War -- Underground movements
SUBJECT Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
Warsaw (Poland) -- History, Military -- 20th century
Subject Poland -- Warsaw
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Biographies
History
Military history
Personal narratives
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Hile, Richard, 1937-
ISBN 9781476612485
147661248X