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Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Ohio University Press Polish & Polish-American Studies) (Polish and Polish-American Studies Series) Book
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 traumatized by her situation, Malecki questions his decision to shelter Irena in the apartment where Malecki, his pregnant wife, and his younger brother reside. Added to his dilemma is the broader context of Polesâ?? attitudes toward the â??Jewish questionâ? and the plight of the Jews locked in the ghetto during the final moments of its existence. Few fictional works dealing with the war have been written so close in time to the events that … read more...
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The Warsaw Uprising of 1944
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