Piotrowski tadeusz ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. x, 319. Small 4to. Pictorial boards. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, charts, tables, facsimiles, et al. Bright, clean, and unmakred with firm, sound binding; fine. Exceptionally scarce in commerce in this edition and state. Appears unread; as new. During World War II, Ukrainian nationalists embarked on a campaign of ethnic cleansing in southeastern Poland. Tens of thousands of Poles were slain, slong with Jews, Czechs, Russians and even other Ukrainians. Sometimes the children escacped. They fled alone, unprotected, hunted like wild animals. Even as the nationalists tore these children from their families, other Ukrainians extended their hands in rescue. Every act of kindness came at great personal risk - yet the rescues continued. In this book the rescued children tell their stories - not with rancor or bitterness, but with hope that their words will further the cause of peace.…