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The Warsaw underground : a memoir of resistance, 1939-1945 /

"The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents, especially travel papers that allow...

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Main Authors: Rosinski, Jan, 1917-2012
Group Author: Hile, Richard, 1937
Published: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
Publisher Address: Jefferson, North Carolina :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Rosinski, Jan, > 1917-2012
Poland. > Polskie Siły Zbrojne. > Armia Krajowa > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Poland > Warsaw
Government, Resistance to > Poland > Warsaw > History > 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Polish
Warsaw Poland > Biography
Warsaw Poland > History, Military > 20th century
Summary: "The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents, especially travel papers that allowed many refugees to escape the city"--
Carrier Form: vii, 182 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 175) and index.
ISBN: 9780786476930 (pbk. : alkaline paper) :
0786476931 (pbk. : alkaline paper)
Index Number: D765
CLC: K513.43
Call Number: K513.43/R821
Contents: Prologue -- Invasion -- Family -- The underground -- The bookstore -- The governor-general -- Gestapo -- Barbarity -- The deserter -- Four 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.

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