| The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow: Prelude to Doom Contributor(s): Hilberg, Raul (Editor), Staron, Stanislaw (Editor), Kermisz, Josef (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1566632307 ISBN-13: 9781566632300 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $22.28 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: Before he killed himself in 1942, Czerniakow was for almost three years the Nazi-sponsored mayor of the Warsaw Ghetto--yet a Jew, devoted to his people. This secret journal is not only the testimony of an unbearable personal burden but the documentary of the Ghetto's terminal agony. It is the most important diary to emerge from the Holocaust. A tale of Kafkaesque horror. --Houston Chronicle |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Jewish - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98-42718 |
| Series: Published in Association with the United States Holocaust Me |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.25 lbs) 444 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Adam Czerniakow was a Polish Jew who killed himself on July 23, 1942-on the face of it not an uncommon occurrence in those times. But there is more to the story than the tragic death of one man among so many millions. 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. His personal dealings with the German authorities bring to this daily record of events a depth of knowledge, accuracy of detail, and panorama of view that was possible to no other participant in the epic prelude to the final doom of the largest captive Jewish community in Eastern Europe. This secret journal is not only the testimony of an unbearable personal burden but the documentary of the Ghetto's terminal agony. It is the most important diary to emerge from the Holocaust. |