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The Jews of Warsaw, 1939-1943 : ghetto, underground, revolt / by Yisrael Gutman ; translated from the Hebrew by Ina Friedman.

Title
The Jews of Warsaw, 1939-1943 : ghetto, underground, revolt / by Yisrael Gutman ; translated from the Hebrew by Ina Friedman.
Author
Gutman, Israel
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1989, c1982.

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Description
xviii, 487 p., [2] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
From the Publisher: This work chronicles the struggle of Warsaw Jewry from the outbreak of World War II (September 1939) through the final and most tragic chapter in the history of the community-the armed Jewish uprising, the annihilation of the remnant Jewish community, and the destruction of the traditional Jewish sector of the city (April-May 1943).
Series Statement
Midland book
Uniform Title
Yehude Ṿarshah, 1939-1943. English
Alternative Title
Yehude Ṿarshah, 1939-1943.
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Jews > Persecutions > Warsaw
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Warsaw
  • Warsaw (Poland) > History > Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
  • Warsaw (Poland) > Ethnic relations
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 469-475.
Language (note)
  • Translation of: Yehude Ṿarshah, 1939-1943.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Ghetto -- 1: First months of the Nazi occupation -- 2: Establishment of the ghetto -- 3: Warsaw ghetto -- Part 2: Underground -- 4: Political underground in the Warsaw ghetto -- 5: Prelude to the mass deportation -- 6: Fateful deportation -- 7: Ghetto underground during the deportation and the establishment of the Jewish fighting organization (Z O B) -- 8: Polish response to the liquidation of Warsaw Jewry -- 9: Remnant of the ghetto until January 1943 -- Part 3: Revolt -- 10: Movement toward combat: mid-September 1942-January 17, 1943 -- 11: Second Aktion: January 18-22, 1943 -- 12: Remnant of the ghetto from January to April 1943 -- 13: Jewish fighting organization prepares for the revolt -- 14: Days of battle -- 15: Repercussions of the revolt -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
0253205115 (pbk.)
OCLC
20728035
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library