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Story of a secret state : my report to the world / Jan Karski ; foreword by Madeleine Albright.
Karski was a brilliant young diplomat when war broke out in 1939 with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Taken prisoner by the Soviet Red Army, which had simultaneously invaded from the East, Karski narrowly escaped the subsequent Katyn Forest Massacre. He became a member of the Polish Underground, the most significant resistance movement in occupied Europe, acting as a liaison and courier between the Underground and the Polish government-in-exile. He was twice smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto, and entered the Nazi's Izbica transit camp disguised as a guard, witnessing first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781589019836 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1589019830 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxxi, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: 1944. Maps on end papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400) and index. |
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| Subject: | Karski, Jan, 1914-2000. Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Polish. World War, 1939-1945 > Poland. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 940.53438 K18 2013 (Text) | 33126018461610 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |