The Road to Katyn
A Jewish Soldier's Story
Salomon W. Slowes(Author)
Wladyslaw Bartoszewski(Editor)
Blackwell Publishers
Published on 2. January 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-631-17967-2 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the recent Soviet admission of guilt, the Katyn massacre in 1940, in which over 4000 Polish prisoners-of-war were shot, remains one of the most debated events of the World War II. Indeed, some Soviet officials continue to deny their country's responsibility. Salomon Slowes was a Jewish officer in the Polish army who formed part of the group taken prisoner by the Soviets in September 1939. After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the Polish government-in-exile arranged the release of the prisoners to fight the Nazis alongside the Soviet army. A surprise awaited the organizers of the Polish force - over 15000 men from the group had disappeared. Not until 1943 were the mass graves in the Katyn forest discovered, where 4000 had been shot in the back at close range. In this personal testimony, Salomon Slowes casts light on the developments leading to the massacre which, "by miracle and blind fate", he survived.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 pp plates
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
551 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-17967-2 (9780631179672)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The storm approaches; trapped; the POW camp; through the "gate of freedom" to Katyn; full circle; hardships en route to freedom; Totskoye; the Jewish legion plan; staff headquarters in Buzuluk; leaving Russia; Iraq; from Baghdad to Haifa; Italy; peace?; the mystery of Katyn.