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: 1942—Secret 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_____________________________________________ List of Maps: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE 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 ____________________________________________ Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE List of Digital Extras: 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 Katyn Forest Massacre: German Propaganda April 1943 Katyn Forest 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