As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle.
Authors
Lilka Croydon-Trzcinska, Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon, Norman Davies
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.54/7243/092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-pl---
- ISBN
- 0802039588 9781442681583
- LCCN
- D805.5.A96
- LCCN Item number
- T79 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xviii, 152 p., [24] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600466 (OCoLC)244767226 (CaOOCEL)418602
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- FOREWORD 10
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12
- GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION 14
- CAMP VOCABULARY 15
- INTRODUCTION 16
- Part I: Fighting Poland (September 1939–May 1943) 20
- 1 Dies Irae 22
- 2 Gone with the Wind 39
- 3 Resistance 44
- 4 Rescue 58
- Part II: Auschwitz (May 1943–January 1945) 90
- 5 Nos. 44786–9 92
- 6 No Lilies for Mother 104
- 7 Gifts and Secrets 108
- 8 A Legacy of Herbs 114
- 9 High Fever 121
- 10 Designing a Dream House 129
- 11 SOS 139
- Part III: From Winter to Spring (January–April 1945) 148
- 12 Walking to Breslau 150
- 13 Bergen-Belsen 160
- Part IV: The Taste of Freedom (April 1945–June 1946) 166
- 14 My Egg of Resurrection 168
- 15 Concert for Survivors 174
- 16 Capriccio Italiano 181
- EPILOGUE 190
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 194
- Illustrations 66
