A thrilling, first-person account of one of the most famous prison escapes of World War II. Jens Mueller was one of only three men who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III on the night of 24 March 1944 - the breakout that later became the basis for the famous film The Great Escape. This memoir tells how Mueller, a pilot in one of the RAF's ......
Discover the UNESCO listed beauty of Krakow with this handy, pop-up map. This genuinely pocket-sized Krakow city map includes 2 PopOut maps covering Krakow old town and greater Krakow as well as a detail map of Kazimierz and a transit map. Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring the city.
Showcasing the extraordinary achievements of the proponents of Polish modernism from the 1890s to 1918, this ground-breaking book brings together pioneering research with beautiful imagery. Mloda Polska, or Young Poland, embraced the integration of fine and applied arts...
Let Marco Polo Krakow guide you around this beautiful city. Explore Krakow with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, and get tips on shopping and what to do on a limited budget. There are also plenty of ideas for travel with kids. Let Marco Polo show you all ......
Pole/Jew brings together a group of scholars-about half of them Jewish, about half of them ethnic Poles-from the United States, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada and enlists their diverse methodological and generational perspectives to push debates over Polish-Jewish relations beyond entrenched and reductive positions. At the core of the ......
A Family Story of Genesis, Annihilation and Survival
Chaim Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only Frydman who did. In Sole Survivor, architect and academic Avi Friedman travels to Europe to trace his father's journey through the Holocaust and find his family's genesis. He visits the homes, factories, and synagogues in which the Frydmans made their lives and the ghettos and camps in which ......
A Family Story of Genesis, Annihilation and Survival
Chaim Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only Frydman who did. In Sole Survivor, architect and academic Avi Friedman travels to Europe to trace his father's journey through the Holocaust and find his family's genesis. He visits the homes, factories, and synagogues in which the Frydmans made their lives and the ghettos and camps in which ......
From Schmelt Camp to "Little Auschwitz": Blechhammer's Role in the Holocaust is the first in-depth study of the second largest Auschwitz subcamp, Blechhammer (Blachownia Slaska), and its lesser known yet significant prehistory as a so-called Schmelt camp, a forced labor camp for Jews operating outside the concentration camp system. Drawing on ......