The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski
Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD!

Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12.

"At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." — Publishers Weekly

"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." — Foreword Reviews

"If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion.

At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation."

Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index

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The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski
Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD!

Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12.

"At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." — Publishers Weekly

"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." — Foreword Reviews

"If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion.

At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation."

Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index

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The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski

The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski

The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski

The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski

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Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD!

Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12.

"At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." — Publishers Weekly

"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." — Foreword Reviews

"If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion.

At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation."

Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781607720157
Publisher: Aquila Polonica
Publication date: 11/11/2014
Pages: 496
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range: 13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Julian E. Kulski was born in 1929 in Warsaw, Poland. A graduate of Yale University (M.Arch) and Warsaw Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Urban Planning), Kulski is a semi-retired architect who as taught at U.S. universities and consulted for World Bank. He has been published multiple times and is a frequent speaker. Kulski resides Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland

Foreword by Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Preface

Publisher’s Note

List of Maps

List of Digital Extras


Chapter 1  AGE 10: 1939—The War Begins

Chapter 2  AGE 11: 1940—My Own Private War Against the Germans

Chapter 3  AGE 12: 1941—Recruited into the Underground Army

Chapter 4  AGE 13: 1942Secret Mission into the Ghetto

Chapter 5 AGE 14: 1943—Ghetto Uprising; Caught by the Gestapo

Chapter 6  AGE 15: 1944—The Warsaw Uprising

Chapter 7 AGE 16: 1945—German POW; Escape to Freedom


Epilogue

Afterword by Captain Mieczysław Morawski, Commander, Ninth Company Commandos

Appendix 1: Family, Friends, and Polish Leaders

Appendix 2: German Occupiers

Historical Horizon: Poland in World War II—A Brief Summary

Index

Discussion Questions

Author Bio

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List of Maps:

Europe – 1939

Poland – 1939

Invasion of Poland – September 1939

Occupied Poland, 1939–1941

Warsaw, 1939–1944

Warsaw Environs – 1940

Warsaw Ghetto – 1940

Warsaw Ghetto – 1943 Uprising

1944 Warsaw Uprising: The Beginning, Early August 1944

1944 Warsaw Uprising: Żoliborz, August 21–22, 1944

1944 Warsaw Uprising: Żoliborz, September 14–16, 1944

1944 Warsaw Uprising: The End, Early October 1944

Europe – Summer 1940


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List of Digital Extras:


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Chapter 1 – 1939

Warsaw Will Rebuild!
Warsaw Mayor Stefan Starzynski
Radio Address
September 17, 1939

Siege: World War II Begins
Excerpt from the 1940 Academy
Award-nominated newsreel

Warsaw Surrenders
September 1939

German Victory Parade
Warsaw
October 5, 1939

 

Chapter 2 – 1940

Adam Czerniaków
Warsaw Ghetto
May 1942

 

Chapter 5 – 1943

KatynForest Massacre:
German Propaganda
April 1943

KatynForest Massacre:
Masked Man Testifies
U.S. Congressional Committee
February 1952

 

Chapter 6 – 1944

1944 Warsaw Uprising:
Polish Underground Army
Radio Broadcast

Excerpts
August 24, 1944

1944 Warsaw Uprising:
Poles Surrender

1944 Warsaw Uprising:
German Propaganda

1944 Warsaw Uprising:
American Report





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