Secret City
Author | : Gunnar S. Paulsson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0300095465 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780300095463 |
Rating | : 4/5 (463 Downloads) |
Download or read book Secret City written by Gunnar S. Paulsson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poles, Germans, and the Jews themselves were largely unaware, they formed what can aptly be called a secret city. Paulsson challenges many established assumptions. He shows that despite appalling difficulties and dangers, many of these Jews survived; that the much-reviled German, Polish, and Jewish policemen, as well as Jewish converts and their families, were key in helping Jews escape; that though many more Poles helped than harmed the Jews, most stayed neutral; and that escape and hiding happened