I Saw the Angel of Death
Experiences of Polish Jews Deported to the USSR during World War II
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944 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: ebook: EPUB, ebook: PDF, Hardcover
Hardcover, $64.95 (US $64.95) (CA $87.95)
Publication Date: November 2022
ISBN 9780817925048
Overview
During World War II, Soviet authorities deported several hundred thousand Polish citizens to the gulag; many died there. In their first English translation, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives presents firsthand accounts from more than 150 Polish Jewish survivors of occupation, deportation, and violence. These documents offer extraordinary information and insight on the activities of the Polish resistance movement, Jewish religious and community life, forced-labor conditions, the experiences of women and children, and more.Reviews
"Provides invaluable insight into an understudied aspect of the Polish and Jewish experiences of World War II." —Katherine R. Jolluck, senior lecturer, Department of History, Stanford University
"These firsthand depositions, testimonies, and statements . . . are precious documents of Holocaust and gulag history." —Norman M. Naimark, Robert and Florence McDonnell Professor of East European Studies, Stanford University, and senior fellow, by courtesy, Hoover Institution
Author Biography
Dr. Maciej Siekierski, a former research fellow at the Hoover Institution, is curator emeritus of the European collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, specializing in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Dr. Feliks Tych (1929–2015) was an eminent Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institut in Warsaw (1996–2006), and author or editor of several books in Polish on history and the Holocaust.
