Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski

A writer, Herling-Grudzinski was an outspoken critic of communism in his native Poland and of the Soviet political machine. The Soviets promptly imprisoned him in a labor camp. He escaped after two years and joined the Polish underground. His book Inny Swiat (Another World or A World Apart) described his prison experience. Herling-Grudzinski later co-founded the magazine Kultura to inform Poles about cultural and political issues during the communist era, and worked for Radio Free Europe. He died 4 July in Italy from a stroke. He was 81. From This is True for 2 July 2000 Suggestions for further reading: Streets of Warsaw: A Novel of the Polish Resistance in World War II by Steven Lee Wiggins Amazon Price: $11.10 Customer Review: If you are interested in historical fiction stories about the Polish Resistance, this is a MUST READ book. I could not put this book down. It is so important for people to read this book and learn from it so we do not repeat this holocaust. It was t...   Fighting Warsaw: The Story of the Polish Underground State, 1939-1945 by Stefan Korbonski Amazon Price: $11.66 Customer Review: This is a true account of the struggles of the Polish underground during the Nazi occupation in World War 2. The Poles who only wanted a free country risked their lives in defying German authority. Stefan Korbonski lived through this nig...   In the Polish Secret War: Memoir of a World War II Freedom Fighter by Marian S. Mazgaj Amazon Price: $35.00 Customer Review: Hard to believe how far we have come in the last 70 years. This book describes the most unimaginable hate and fear that destroyed millions of families. I can't imagine what it would have been like to live in a such a time and place. We take America f...   Michelangelo in Ravensbruck: One Woman's War Against the Nazis by Karolina Lanckoronska Amazon Price: $4.91 Customer Review: Countess Lanckoronska writes her disappointing book from the prevailing Polish traditionalist point of view, which is that all Polish Catholics are noble and honorable and all other peoples and nationalities are inferior in some regard. Yes, Poland s...   A Match Made in Hell : The Jewish Boy and the Polish Outlaw Who Defied the Nazis by Larry Stillman Amazon Price: Customer Review: This book by author Larry Stillman is not only well-written but an intriquing story about two men who stay together trying to survive during WWII in Poland. They are very much opposite personalities but overtime learn from each other as they try to s...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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