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In early 1940, Janusz Siedlecki fell into German hands while carrying out a special mission for the Polish Government. He survived interrogation by the Gestapo and, instead of facing a firing squad, he was sent to a concentration camp where he remained for the duration of the war. In this remarkable autobiography, the author remembers his years in Auschwitz and looks back to an idyllic childhood in Poland, where his dreams of meeting a nice girl and settling down to an ordinary life were shattered by the German invasion. The story of his war unfolds with the compelling clarity of an…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 1994Carnegie Publishing · 285 pages · 9781858211404
Concentration camp inmatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Polish Personal narrativesHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Personal narrativesAuschwitz (Concentration camp)