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UNINA9910826503903321 |
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Broner Adam <1925-> |
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Titolo |
My war against the Nazis : a Jewish soldier with the Red Army / / Adam Broner ; foreword by Antony Polonsky |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Jewish |
World War, 1939-1945 |
Jews - Poland |
Jews - Soviet Union |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents -- List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Antony Polonsky – Prologue -- I. Fleeing the nazis to the "soviet paradise" -- II. My war with the Nazis -- III. Stages of new life; IV. Freedom at last – epilogue -- historical references – index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A poignant account of the perils and fortunes of an indomitable survivor of violence in Eastern Europe during World War II. In 1939, to escape Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Adam Broner and his older brother Sam left their home and family in Lodz, Poland, and made their way to the Soviet Union. Adam enlisted in the Red Army to join the fight against the Nazis but was sent to work in a Siberian coal mine instead when his nationality was discovered. After a bold and daring escape from Siberia, Broner reached the Soviet Polish Kosciuszko Army, joined the struggle against the Nazis, |
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