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The Ghetto Fights: Warsaw, 1941-43

The Ghetto Fights: Warsaw, 1941-43
By Marek Edelman

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #143281 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-10-01
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 96 pages

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This is what courage and integrity is5
It is remarkable that this book is so little-known given what it is - a personal account of the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto by a man who played a leading role in organising the resistance, and - incredibly - survived.
Marek Edelman was a member of the Bund - the Jewish Socialist Party of Poland - and came to play a leading role in the Jewish Resistance Organisation (ZOB) as the deportations to the extermination factories began and as the SS crushed the Ghetto uprising with scarcely imaginable ferocity. Not finished with the struggle for freedom after the war, Edelman became an opponent of the Stalinist regime in Poland and a member of the trade union, Solidarity, true to his socialist principles. More recently, he has been active on behalf of Palestinian rights and peace between Israelis and Arabs. In his modest way, Edelman here provides an account of courage and integrity in extreme circumstances that is profoundly inspiring.
In a crisp 80 pages, Edelman gives an eye-witness account of the slow encirclement and annihilation of Polish Jewry. He chronicles the hardships, the sudden acts of murder and the frustrations of the resistance as they desperately tried to get people to resist their extermination. The reader really learns something of what it meant to be there, and of how different people reacted to their unprecedented situation. It is a gripping and heart-rending account of people trying to do the right thing in the worst possible circumstances.

Totally awe-inspiring5
This book is totally amazing and any socialist who does not shed a tear is not human. The amazing heroism of these young socialists as they fight against the german war machine with a few revolvers and molotov cocktails is truly inspiring.

The scene where they celebrate May Day in the ghetto is extra special and fills me with hope for the future despite the devestation that faced them.