Story of a Secret State [Including Early Warsaw Ghetto Eyewitness Account]
by Karski, Jan [Signed]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
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 Polish underground, during which he was captured by the Gestapo and severely tortured. Provides a ghastly eyewitness account of life in the Warsaw ghetto, into which Karski was smuggled so his observations could be reported to the outside world. Firearms advocates will cringe at Karski's account of what happened after he and a large group of Polish soldiers handed over their weapons to their 'comrades' from the Soviet Union. In 2012 Karski was posthumously awarded America's highest civilan honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Obama. 391 pages. Moderate wear to publisher's red cloth. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Binding intact. A sound copy of this truly unforgettable WWII narrative. Laska 672, Kehr & Langmaid 5407, Weiner Library Catalogue Seven 997, Enser p.343.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Polish Underground - World War 1939-1945, Gestapo Torture, Warsaw Ghetto, Poland Resistance, Espionage Polska, Holocaust; Signed by Author(s) .
Reviews
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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- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
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- Title
- Story of a Secret State [Including Early Warsaw Ghetto Eyewitness Account]
- Author
- Karski, Jan [Signed]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Polish Underground - World War 1939-1945, Gestapo Torture, Warsaw Ghetto, Poland Resistance, Espionage Polska, Holocaust
- Bookseller catalogs
- Covert Operations; Judaica;
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