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1	The Spies of Warsaw more books like this by Alan Furst add to wishlist Set in Warsaw, Selsia, and Paris, Furst's stunning, action-packed new thriller combines espionage with deadly romance, all happening during the rearing threat of Hitler's gathering war against Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Milkweed more books like this by Jerry Spinelli add to wishlist Set in Nazi-occupied Poland just before the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Spinelli's first historical novel tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival though the eyes of a young orphan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Warsaw Requiem more books like this by Bodie Thoene, Ph.D. add to wishlist Lori Ibsen and Jacob Kalner flee to Danzig to evade Hitler's bombers while Peter Wallich seeks refuge with the Jews of Warsaw. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.75! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Mila 18 more books like this by Leon Uris add to wishlist It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy--and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Leon Uris's blazing novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw more books like this by Professor Norman Davies add to wishlist The story of the Warsaw Rising from the author of The Isles and Europe: A History who is also the leading British authority on the history of Poland. Rising '44 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 ... see all copies from $2.90! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 more books like this by Wladyslaw Szpilman, Wadysaw Szpilman add to wishlist A stirring long-suppressed memoir about a pianist's incredible survival in Warsaw during World War II discusses the terrible deaths of family members and shows how he was saved by a German officer who had heard him playing the piano. 15,000 first printing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising more books like this by Israel Gutman add to wishlist A history of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, written by one of its few survivors. Gutman makes use of diaries, personal letters, underground press reports, and his own recollections in creating an account of one of the most desperate resistance movements of the entire war. see all copies from $3.40! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Scroll of agony : the Warsaw diary of Chaim A.Kaplan more books like this by Chaim Aron Kaplan add to wishlist "A precious record of Jewish life under Nazi rule." - "New York Review of Books". "Not only the material for history; it is history itself, agonisingly, triumphantly alive." - "Saturday Review". Twenty years after the Warsaw Ghetto was annihilated, Chaim Kaplan's diary was found carefully preserved in a kerosene can. Originally written in Hebrew, ... see all copies from $13.35! new only from $43.94! \| first editions \| SVS
9	In My Fathers Court more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist A memoir of Singer's childhood in the household and rabbinical court of his father. The vanished world Singer recalls, of the Hasidic community in Warsaw in the early part of this century, is beautifully evoked. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Chosen Child more books like this by Masterton add to wishlist Sarah Leonard, an American in Warsaw to oversee the construction of a new luxury hotel, is horrified to learn that a number of beheaded corpses have been turning up in and around the construction site. Workers blame a demon, the media blames a serial killer; all Sarah knows is that the killings must be stopped or her hotel will fail before it even ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
11 view cover	Reign of hell more books like this by Sven Hassel add to wishlist Burning, looting, raping, murdering, Hitler's Penal Regiment advanced on the centre of Warsaw leaving in their wake a bloody trail of death and destruction. They killed indiscriminately: Pole or German, man, woman or child - anyone who crossed their path was eliminated. For Himmler had sworn that Warsaw would be razed to the ground - if it took ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.26! \| SVS
12 view cover	Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive more books like this by Samuel D Kassow add to wishlist The gripping story of a clandestine archive in the Warsaw ghetto and its heroic founder see all copies from $16.94! new only from $25.26! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Words to Outlive Us: Eyewitness Accounts from the Warsaw Ghetto more books like this by Michal Grynberg (Editor), Philip Boehm (Translator) add to wishlist Thirty percent of Warsaw's population was Jewish in 1939, when the Nazis invaded and relegated the community to the infamous Warsaw Ghetto. Collected here, diary excerpts and letters of Jews forced to suffer under these circumstances attest to years of tragedy. see all copies from $2.69! new only from $2.69! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter more books like this by Simha Rotem, Kazik (Simha Rotem), Ms. Barbara Harshav (Editor) add to wishlist This memoir tells the story of the Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto who defied the Nazis against impossible odds. Kazik and his fellow Jews smuggled in arms and explosives, performed acts of resistance, held off the Nazi army for almost a month, and rescued the few surviving Jews after the Ghetto was destroyed. Kazik spent the rest ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
15	I Remember Nothing More more books like this by Adina Blady-Szwajgier, Adina Blady Szwajger, Erroll McDonald (Editor) add to wishlist In the tradition of classic first-person accounts of life during the dark years of Nazi genocide, I Remember Nothing More is an unforgettable profile of one woman's extraordinary courage. Adina Blady Szwajger worked in the Jewish ghetto children's hospital, set up safe houses for Jews, distributed money, collected arms, and was always in fear for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising more books like this by Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jan Gross (Foreword by), Oscar E Swan (Introduction by) add to wishlist At the height of the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, a young Jewish woman, Irena, seeks the protection of her former lover, a young architect, Jan Malecki. By taking her in, he puts his own life and the safety of his family at risk. Over a four-day period, Tuesday through Friday of Holy Week 1943, as Irena becomes increasingly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.84! \| SVS
17	Shielding the Flame: An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Marek Edelman, the Last Surviving Leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising more books like this by Hanna Krall add to wishlist see all copies from $184.99!
18 view cover	The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow: Prelude to Doom more books like this by Adam Czerniakow add to wishlist Adam Czerniakow was for almost three years the chairman of the Warsaw Judenrat-a Jew, devoted to his people, who served as the Nazi-sponsored "mayor" of the Warsaw Ghetto. This secret journal is not only the testimony of an unbearable personal burden but the documentary of the Ghetto's terminal agony. see all copies from $6.19! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Run, Boy, Run more books like this by U Orlev add to wishlist This novel tells the true story of Srulik, an 8-year-old Jewish orphan living in Poland during the time of the Holocaust. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
20	Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto more books like this by Emmanuel Ringelblum, Jacob Sloan (Editor), Emanuel Ringelblum add to wishlist This journal of the Warsaw Ghetto from 1940-42 is the astounding achievement of Ringelbaum, the historian and teacher who organized a team of chroniclers within the ghetto called 'Oneg Shabbat' to collectively keep this journal. see all copies from $3.95! first editions
21	The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak more books like this by Betty Jean Lifton add to wishlist This is the first English biography of Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor, writer and educator, who on 6th August, 1942, sacrificed his own safety by leading two hundred orphans onto the train to Treblinka where he perished with them. Korczak was one of the first advocates of children's rights. He pioneered progressive orphanages, founded a ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 more books like this by Wladyslaw Szpilman add to wishlist Wladyslaw Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who, almost uniquely, managed to stay alive in Warsaw throughout World War II. Immediately afterwards, he wrote this account of his experiences during the war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The beautiful Mrs.Seidenman more books like this by Andrzej Szczypiorski add to wishlist This is the story of the thirty-six hours that follow Irma Seidenman s arrest and the events that lead to her dramatic rescue as the last of Warsaw s Jews are about to meet their death. A handful of people conspire in Irma s escape; in the author s masterful hands they form a pattern of intersecting lives ranging backward and forward through time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.22! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Zvi more books like this by Elwood McQuaid add to wishlist How a 10-year-old Jewish boy survives the Holocaust and finds his way to Israel and life-transforming faith in the Messiah is a true story you'll find difficult to lay down. It reveals the lengths to which a loving Lord will go to bring one soul safely home. (This version only available in Spanish). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Ghetto diary more books like this by Janusz Korczak add to wishlist Janusz Korczak (1879-1942) is one of the legendary figures to emerge from the Holocaust. A successful paediatrician and well-known author in his native Warsaw, he gave up a brilliant medical career to devote himself to the care of orphans. Like so many other Jews, Korczak was sent into the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazi occupation of Poland. He ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $9.90! \| first editions \| SVS

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