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Story of a Secret State

by Karski, Jan

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1944. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. A barely worn Book Club Edition in Fine condition with an insert tipped in housed in a Very Good+ dust-jacket that has wear to the edges ; Jan Karski tells the story of his experiences as a Polish resistance fighter in the Second World War, when he risked his life to warn the Western Allies of the Holocaust.; 8vo; 391 pages .

Synopsis

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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Title
Story of a Secret State
Author
Karski, Jan
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition
Book Club Edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1944

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