Beneath the Lightless Sky: Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of Lvov

Ignacy Chiger (1906-1975) recounts his family's desperate struggle to evade Nazi persecution in wartime Lvov, Poland, where they hid in the city's underground sewers with the help of an unlikely hero. This gripping firsthand account provides a raw, unfiltered perspective on life under two brutal occupations - first the Soviets, then the Nazis - shedding light on the torment, courage, and will to live in the face of genocide.

When the liquidation of the Lvov ghetto left the Chigers with no pl...