The Warsaw Underground: A Memoir of Resistance, 1939-1945

by Jan Rosinski, Richard Hile

Overview

The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa. In short order he became a talented forger of Nazi documents, especially travel papers that allowed many refugees to escape the city. His university studies in chemistry and physics created a role for him as an effective saboteur. Narrowly escaping death on several occasions, he was fearless in his pursuits.

His dislike of the Nazi leadership was exceeded by an even greater hatred of the Soviet Army as it invaded Poland from the East less than a month later. Poland would be sealed off from the West for fifty years. Rosinski's travails as a POW in Germany eventually led him to the Allied forces in Germany; the U.S. became the beneficiary of his brilliant discoveries in atmospheric science. Jan was accompanied on his life's journey by his wife Barbara (d. 1993), who served as a medical officer in the underground army; Jan died in 2012.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476612485
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/18/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Jan Rosinski authored numerous studies and research articles in atmospheric science. He lived in Boulder, Colorado. The late Richard Hile served for nearly 30 years as a diplomat in Asia and Western Europe. He lived in Seattle, Washington.
The late Jan Rosinski authored numerous studies and research articles in atmospheric science. He lived in Boulder, Colorado.
The late Richard Hile served for nearly 30 years as a diplomat in Asia and Western Europe. He lived in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments delete vi
Preface delete 1
Prologue delete 3
1. Invasion delete 5
2. Family delete 17
3. The Underground delete 28
4. The Bookstore delete 44
5. The Governor-General delete 50
6. Gestapo delete 59
7. Barbarity delete 74
8. The Deserter delete 87
9. Four Stories, 1943 delete 92
10. Warsaw Uprising delete 102
11. Prisoners of War delete 123
12. The Russians Arrive and We Escape delete 134
13. With the British and the Polish Army delete 142
14. England and on to America delete 157
Epilogue delete 170
Bibliography delete 175
Index delete 177