Story Of a Secret State

by Karski, Jan

Karski's "Story of a Secret State" stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first eyewitness accounts of the slaughter of the Jews by the German Nazis.

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On Nov 4, 2012, avifrombklyn said
incredible. i am sure that it is not an overstatement that this book is one of the most important books i will read in my lifetime. the book was written during the holocaust of world war two. this means the story is not a after the fact history of events but, rather, a real time report and cry for help to the world by the author, jan karski. the book is as relevant today as it was then and i promise that once you pick it up you will not put it down. as a child of holocaust survivors, i hope and pray there will always be a Jan Karski who will not stand by idly while others are being massacred. please read this book!

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USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1944. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 389 pages. A truly memorable book, particularly for those of Polish extraction lucky enough to have been born after the second world war. The author recounts his painful experiences from the days just prior to the German invasion and for the… Read more about this item
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The Story of a Secret State

by Karski, Jan

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Story of a Secret State [Including Early Warsaw Ghetto Eyewitness Account]

Story of a Secret State [Including Early Warsaw Ghetto Eyewitness Account]

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Jan Karski upon front free endpaper. Karski [1914-2000] recounts his experiences when his homeland of Poland was rent asunder by the joint Nazi and Soviet invasion of 1939, and his harrowing subsequent life as a member of the… Read more about this item
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London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1945. Cloth. Very Good +. The 1945 1st UK edition of this look at the Polish Underground Movement during World War II. Solid and VG+ in its gray cloth, with light spotting to the panels. Octavo, "this is the first authentic eye-witness report on the actual organisation and the methods of work of… Read more about this item
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World (Penguin Hardback Classics)

by Karski, Jan

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Georgetown University Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Madeleine Albright. Large, heavy, sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt lettering to front and back, a map of Karski's missions throughout Europe as a Polish resistance fighter who infilitrated Nazi ranks, 414 pages including a photo section. DJ dark rose background with illustration of… Read more about this item
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Hardback. New. 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. This is a memoir of World War II and the Holocaust.
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World

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