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Blood from the Sky

A Novel

By: Piotr Rawicz

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Rawicz extended the frontier of artistic expression, by giving the unbearable a bearable frame."--from the introduction With the publication of this paperback edition of Piotr Rawicz's prizewinning Blood from the Sky, a classic of Holocaust literature emerges from many years out of print. A novel of richness and deep originality, it tells the story of Boris D., a Jewish resident of Lvov who poses as a non-Jew to evade the Nazis. Boris survives imprisonment in a death camp and moves to Paris following the war. Yet his account of his experiences is no celebration of survival; it is rather a commemoration of the horrifying deaths of countless others. Rawicz in this work has found a possible response to the events of the Holocaust: an unforgettable cry of lyric pain that transforms the horrors of history and memory into art.

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338

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Yale University Press

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0300078307

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9780300078305

Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996

By: Piotr Wróbel

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Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996

By: Piotr Wróbel

Located between the former Soviet Union and eastern Germany, Poland has the potential to become a political and economic bridge between the East and West. It is crucial to European security and stabilization; yet the list of reference books on recent Polish history is very short. This book fills that gap, providing information on Polish political, economic, and cultural history since 1945.

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448

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Routledge

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1135927014

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9781135927011

Poland From Partitions to EU Accession

A Modern Economic History, 1772–2004

By: Piotr Koryś

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Poland From Partitions to EU Accession

A Modern Economic History, 1772–2004

By: Piotr Koryś

This book surveys Poland’s move from being a post-feudal, backward, peripheral country to being a modern, capitalist, European state: from the partition of the commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania to the abolishment of ‘second serfdom’; late industrialization to state socialism; post-partition fragmentation to post-Second World War westward dislocation; and from the ‘Solidarność’ movement to accession into the European Union. Could Poland really be considered an ‘underdeveloped’ nation throughout the last 200 years? What factors contributed to its ‘backwardness’? Has Poland yet managed to catch up with the West? This book, the first overview of the modern economic history of Poland to be published in English, addresses these and many other questions crucial for developing our understanding of the economic history of modern Central-Eastern Europe. The economic development of Poland is analyzed through data and statistics, as well as through analysis of the ideas that paved the way for the politics of economic and social modernization.

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392

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Springer

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3319971263

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9783319971261

Poland in a Colonial World Order

Adjustments and Aspirations, 1918–1939

By: Piotr Puchalski

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Poland in a Colonial World Order

Adjustments and Aspirations, 1918–1939

By: Piotr Puchalski

Poland in a Colonial World Order is a study of the interwar Polish state and empire building project in a changing world of empires, nation-states, dominions, protectorates, mandates, and colonies. Drawing from a wide range of sources spanning two continents and five countries, Piotr Puchalski examines how Polish elites looked to expansion in South America and Africa as a solution to both real problems, such as industrial backwardness, and perceived issues, such as the supposed overrepresentation of Jews in "liberal professions." He charts how, in partnership with other European powers and international institutions such as the League of Nations, Polish leaders made attempts to channel emigration to South America, to establish direct trade with Africa, to expedite national minorities to far-away places, and to tap into colonial resources around the globe. Puchalski demonstrates the intersection between such national policies and larger processes taking place at the time, including the internationalist turn of colonialism and the global fascination with technocratic solutions. Carefully researched, the volume is key reading for scholars and advanced students of twentieth-century European history.

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Routledge

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100047996X

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9781000479966

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Blood from the Sky

Blood from the Sky

Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996

Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996

Poland From Partitions to EU Accession

Poland From Partitions to EU Accession

Poland in a Colonial World Order

Poland in a Colonial World Order

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