Poland Fights (1 results)
Published by Poland Fights - Polish Labor Group, New York, 1943
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fair
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. "As German boots marched and German tanks rumbled through the mined streets of [Warsaw], the workers buried their remaining arms, drew closer to one another, and silently disappeared to continue the fight with means other than rifles and bullets. Underground Poland was b…orn! And this is its story." - page [2]. Topics include: How a Pole Must Behave Toward Germans; List of 15 Strictly Forbidden Activities; Underground Poetry; Invisible Sabotage; Roads To Death; 1.5 Million Slave Laborers; Boycott; Recalcitrant Peasants; Avengers and Guerrillas; The Ghetto Strikes Back; Collective Responsibility of Monuments; Wawer Massacre; Hide It From The Germans!; Our Future. Stapled booklet with 44 glossy unnumbered pages in illustrated covers. Text in English. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos, document facsimiles, illustrations and a map. No indication of any prior printings. Former library copy with related markings to front and back of front cover. Bound by a single staple which is pulling from the tender illustrated covers. One-inch opening at bottom of coverfold. A worthy example of this highly informative WWII-era artifact. Wiener Library, Catalogue Series 7, 1004. 8.5" x 5.5"; Front Cover; 8vo. Illustrated by Hoffmeister (illustrator).
