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Author: Tadeusz Piotrowski
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.572kg
ISBN: 9780786442454
ISBN 10: 078644245
Pages: 331
Publication Date: 08 September 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
survivors tell of the brutal torture and murder of thousands of Poles...vividly document[s] a terrifying episode in history --Booklist; the most complete account...one of the few books telling of this horrific episode published in English. The intensity of the brutality...is both consistent and mindboggling. The excerpts are both poignant and heart-rending --Against the Grain; sobering...useful and detailed chronology --Stone & Stone Second World War Books; important...meticulous scholarship...pleasingly rounded off with five appendices, 25 tables and 12 maps, all of which provide further detailed information about this truly appaling genocidal episode --The Journal of Holocaust Education.
"""survivors tell of the brutal torture and murder of thousands of Poles...vividly document[s] a terrifying episode in history""--Booklist; ""the most complete account...one of the few books telling of this horrific episode published in English. The intensity of the brutality...is both consistent and mindboggling. The excerpts are both poignant and heart-rending""--Against the Grain; ""sobering...useful and detailed chronology""--Stone & Stone Second World War Books; ""important...meticulous scholarship...pleasingly rounded off with five appendices, 25 tables and 12 maps, all of which provide further detailed information about this truly appaling genocidal episode""--The Journal of Holocaust Education."
survivors tell of the brutal torture and murder of thousands of Poles...vividly document[s] a terrifying episode in history --<i>Booklist</i>; the most complete account...one of the few books telling of this horrific episode published in English. The intensity of the brutality...is both consistent and mindboggling. The excerpts are both poignant and heart-rending --<i>Against the Grain</i>; sobering...useful and detailed chronology --<i>Stone & Stone Second World War Books</i>; important...meticulous scholarship...pleasingly rounded off with five appendices, 25 tables and 12 maps, all of which provide further detailed information about this truly appaling genocidal episode --<i>The Journal of Holocaust Education.</i>
Author Information
Tadeusz Piotrowski is a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester where he also teaches courses in anthropology and the Holocaust, and where he served as the Associate Dean of Faculty. He has received many awards including the Outstanding Associate Professor Award. He lives in Manchester.
