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Jan Karski Story of a Secret State (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Story of a Secret State : My REPORT to the World
- Publication Name
- Story of a Secret State
- Title
- Story of a Secret State
- Subtitle
- My Report to the World
- Contributor
- Timothy Snyder (Contributions by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1626160317
- EAN
- 9781626160316
- ISBN
- 9781626160316
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Genre
- Religion, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Christianity / Catholic, Europe / Poland
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 15/01/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 229mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 25.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first eyewitness accounts of the systematic slaughter of the Jews by the German Nazis, this volume presents a testimony of one man's courage, and a nation's struggle for resistance against overwhelming oppression.
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Georgetown University Press
ISBN-10
1626160317
ISBN-13
9781626160316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175902942
Product Key Features
Book Title
Story of a Secret State : My REPORT to the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Christianity / Catholic, Europe / Poland
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Religion, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
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Those who fear they have been desensitized by the sheer volume of information chronicling Nazi brutality in occupied Europe must read this memoir. . . . This is an exciting but often painful recounting of one man's witness to terror and tragedy., "Those who fear they have been desensitized by the sheer volume of information chronicling Nazi brutality in occupied Europe must read this memoir.... This is an exciting but often painful recounting of one man's witness to terror and tragedy." -- Booklist , 02/20/2013, "Briskly paced, this is a gripping and immediate account of Nazi brutality from a brave leader of the resistance. (Starred Review)" -- Publishers Weekly , 01/07/2013, The Anti-Defamation League is proud to have named its Jan Karski Courage to Care award for an extraordinary man, who put conscience to action--and his own life at risk--to reveal the Holocaust to the West. Read his story and be inspired by Karski's will, his spirit, and his commitment to humanity., A decade before Professor Karski began his remarkable tenure at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, he was already teaching by the power of example--with lessons of heroism, resilience, and uncompromising leadership. All freedom-seeking people around the world should know Karski's story., Secret State is an indispensible and compelling historical document of World War II and the Holocaust, written by a supremely courageous humanitarian., Those who fear they have been desensitized by the sheer volume of information chronicling Nazi brutality in occupied Europe must read this memoir.... This is an exciting but often painful recounting of one man's witness to terror and tragedy., Jan Karski's brave account of the Nazi's horrific crimes and one man's heroic resistance strikes our collective conscience as strongly today as when he first published it over six decades ago. Today, millions around the world continue to thank and honor him for exposing the evil that was perpetuated throughout concentration camps. When President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Jan Karski the Medal of Freedom he recognized that Karski's story is one of courage as much as compassion. This book is a stirring reminder that our world depends on both., The story has all the characteristics of a spy-thriller -- concealed film and suicide capsules, capture, interrogation, the drama of train travel and border checkpoints, the mysteries of those met, and countless convoluted escapes (a specialty of his), Jan Karski is well known as the 'courier from Poland who exposed the Holocaust,' but his work in the service of the underground Polish state, which flourished under the noses of the Nazis, equally deserves to find the limelight. Unlike its counterparts in other countries, The Polish Resistance Movement did not confine itself to military activities; it created a huge network of clandestine organizations, which functioned in the fields of culture, education, propaganda, justice and economics, and which undermined the social control of the German forces of occupation. Karski's book on this subject is a classic, providing an unmatched account of the wartime realities in a country that lay at the epicenter of the conflict., This gripping book gives a comprehensive account of the Nazi occupation of Poland by a young courier in the Polish Underground, who sought to bring home to Western statesmen the tragic fate of his country and of his Jewish fellow-citizens. It is essential reading for all those interested in the Second World War., " Secret State is an indispensible and compelling historical document of World War II and the Holocaust, written by a supremely courageous humanitarian." -- Tampa Bay Times, "A disturbing, unique, invaluable record of Poland's suffering and heroism during World War II. A well-deserved revival of the author's 1944 best-seller. (Starred Review)" -- Kirkus Reviews , 01/15/2013, The story has all the characteristics of a spy-thriller--concealed film and suicide capsules, capture, interrogation, the drama of train travel and border checkpoints, the mysteries of those met, and countless convoluted escapes (a specialty of his), "The story has all the characteristics of a spy-thriller -- concealed film and suicide capsules, capture, interrogation, the drama of train travel and border checkpoints, the mysteries of those met, and countless convoluted escapes (a specialty of his)" -- The Vienna Review, The notion that one person can make a difference is personified by Jan Karski, who I was privileged to have as my professor--and guiding light--at Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Karski's Story of a Secret State offers a glimpse into a time and place ruled by Nazi terror: Poland in the early 1940s. Karski risked his life to bear witness to Nazi atrocities against Jews, Catholics, and Polish dissidents. In disguise, he snuck into the Warsaw Ghetto and a Nazi transfer camp, then reported his terrifying observations directly to British leaders and President Franklin Roosevelt, among the first reports of the holocaust to the civilized world. Georgetown's edition of Story of a Secret State gives a new generation of readers the portrait of a genuine hero who truly made a difference., Briskly paced, this is a gripping and immediate account of Nazi brutality from a brave leader of the resistance. (Starred Review), Within Jan Karski's stirring account of selfless heroism to expose the Holocaust, lie two compelling messages: It is possible for one man to bring to the world's attention unimaginable political evil. The harder and still relevant question raised by Karski's story is: How does one get the civilized world to respond?, I have been blessed to know many distinguished people, great artists, musicians, scholars, philosophers, political leaders and activists. Yet I have only known one man, whom I would truly call noble, my late colleague, Jan Karski. Story of a Secret State is both his most important book and his most failed book; important, because as a messenger from Poland, Karski tried to tell the world of what was happening in his native land to the Jews whose pleas he carried forth to the West. It was a warning issued while there was still time to act, still an opportunity to rescue or at least to protest. His most failed book--though it was widely read and well received when published--because we did not listen attentively enough to what this great man had to say. We must listen now even though it is too late., A disturbing, unique, invaluable record of Poland's suffering and heroism during World War II. A well-deserved revival of the author's 1944 best-seller. (Starred Review)
Table of Content
Note on the Text Publisher's Note Preface Foreword Biographical Essay of Jan Karski 1. Defeat2. Prisoner in Russia3. Exchange and Escape4. Devastated Poland5. The Beginning6. Transformation7. Initiation8. Borecki9. Contact between Cells10. Mission to France11. The Underground State12. Caught by the Gestapo13. Torture14. The SS Hospital15. Rescue16. The "Gardener"17. Propoganda from the Country18. Execution of a Traitor19. The Four Branches of the Underground20. The Laskowa Apartment21. Assignment in Lublin22. Retribution23. The Secret Press24. My "Conspiratorial Apparatus"25. The Liaison Women26. Marriage per Procuram27. School--Underground28. Parliament in Poland29. The Ghetto30. "To Die in Agony . . ."31. Unter den Linden Revisited32. Journey through France and Spain33. My Report to the World Notes Glossary Further Reading Afterword Index
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Afterword by
BrzezińSki, Zbigniew
Dewey Decimal
940.5481438
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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