That the Nightingale Return: Memoir of the Polish Resistance, the Warsaw Uprising and German P.O.W. Camps
Author:   Leokadia Rowinski
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786477364


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   06 December 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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That the Nightingale Return: Memoir of the Polish Resistance, the Warsaw Uprising and German P.O.W. Camps


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On August 1, 1944, Leokadia Rowinski and fellow members of the Polish Resistance movement 1saw the culmination of their five years of training--the Warsaw Uprising. Six weeks later, she celebrated her twenty-first birthday. As a member of the Resistance, Rowinski witnessed firsthand the devastation that World War II brought to Poland. While continuing her schooling in the clandestine education system established upon German occupation, she worked in the Resistance's communication services, often dodging German snipers and soldiers to deliver military orders to Resistance leaders. She was captured by the Germans after the Warsaw Uprising and spent six months in P.O.W. camps before being liberated by the Polish 1st Armored Division, an expatriate army under British command that included her future husband. This poignant story of a young woman's coming of age in war is a vivid reminder of the horror inflicted upon Poland in World War II and beyond.

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Author:   Leokadia Rowinski
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9780786477364


ISBN 10:   0786477369
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   06 December 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Prologue 1. Be It Ever So Humble 2. A Suitcase of Memories 3. Zofia 4. When All This Madness Ends 5. Remembering Grandfather 6. Uncle Roman’s Ways 7. Traditions... Traditions... 8. War Comes to Warsaw 9. Living, Loving, and Dying in a Conquered City 10. Warsaw in Arms—The Fight for Freedom Begins 11. The Uprising Is Failing, the End Is Near 12. “Introibo ab Altare Dei” 13. Behind Barbed Wire 14. The Christmas That Came Anyway 15. Oberlangen, the Last Encounters with Captivity 16. On the Road of No Return 17. Invitation to a Waltz 18. Bon Jour, Brussels! Cheerio, England! Hello, America! 19. A Ride with Ewelinka and the Journey’s End Epilogue Index

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Rowinski tells her story well and family photos make the experience heartfelt and warm -<em>Polish American Journal</em><br><br> poignant...a vivid reminder of the horror inflicted upon Poland in World War II and beyond -<em>Polish Heritage</em><br><br> a moving story, with family photographs showing six generations of the author's kin -<em>The Sarmatian Review</em>


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Leokadia Rowinski emigrated to the United States in 1951. Now retired, she lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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