Fighting Back: A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

Harold Werner

Published by Columbia University Press 1992

Fighting Back

A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

Harold Werner
Edited by: Mark Werner
Preface by: Martin Gilbert

https://doi.org/10.7312/wern91134

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About this book

This is a personal story of survival by Hershel Zimmerman, later known as Harold Werner, who survived the Holocaust in the woods of Eastern Poland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Explanation of Names, Places, and Events Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Foreword: Harold Werner – Story of Jewish Resistance Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIII
Editor’s Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XXVII
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	XXVIII
1. Life in Warsaw Before the Storm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Jewish Dilemma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
3. Outbreak of War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
4. The Trek Toward Russia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
5. Life in Hola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
6. Work as a Farm Hand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
7. Childhood Remembrances Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
8. Remembrances of Life in the Big City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
9. The Germans Invade Russia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
10. Ominous News from Warsaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
11. The Winter of 1941–42 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
12. Betrayal at the Hands of the Hola Farmers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
13. The Zamolodycze Raid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
14. I Lose Manya in the Skorodnica Forest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
15. The Hunt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
16. Taking the Offensive Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
17. A Short Stay in the Makoszka Forest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
18. Our First Attack Against the Germans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
19. March 1943 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
20. Rescuing Jews from the Wlodawa Ghetto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
21. We Join Chiel Grynszpan’s Partisans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
22. Rescuing Jews from the Adampol Labor Camp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
23. Spies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
24. A Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
25. An Ambush and a Happy Reunion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
26. Successful Raids After Joining the Army Ludowa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
27. A Sad Reunion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
28. A Second Encounter with Zaremba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
29. Donachy Gets Her Revenge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
30. The Sobibor Death Camp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
31. On the Offensive in the Fall of 1943 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
32. Destruction of Our Base in the Ochoza Forest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
33. Destruction of the Ostrow Lubelski Garrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
34. Escape from Encirclement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
35. Murder at the Hands of the Army Krajowa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
36. Our First Parachute Drop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
37. The Winter of 1943–44 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
38. Spring 1944 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
39. A Pitched Battle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
40. Liberation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
41. Disillusionment and Departure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Glossary of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 264

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231882224