LEADER 04374nam 2200709 450 001 9910455675003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-02925-8 010 $a9786612029257 010 $a1-4426-8158-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442681583 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004453 035 $a(EBL)3254877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301215 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301215 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10264027 035 $a(PQKB)10980407 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254877 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672085 035 $a(DE-B1597)464984 035 $a(OCoLC)1013939273 035 $a(OCoLC)944177402 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442681583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672085 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257768 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202925 035 $a(OCoLC)958565136 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004453 100 $a20160922h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe labyrinth of dangerous hours $ea memoir of the Second World War /$fLilka Trzcinska-Croydon 210 1$aToronto, Ontario ;$aBuffalo, New York ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4875-2334-3 311 $a0-8020-3958-8 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tGuide to Pronunciation -- $tCamp Vocabulary -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I. Fighting Poland (September 1939- May 1943) -- $t1. Dies Irae -- $t2. Gone with the Wind -- $t3. Resistance -- $t4. Rescue -- $tPart II. Auschwitz (May 1943-January 1945) -- $t5. Nos. 44786-9 -- $t6. No Lilies for Mother -- $t7. Gifts and Secrets -- $t8. A Legacy of Herbs -- $t9. High Fever -- $t10. Designing a Dream House -- $t11. SOS -- $tPart III: From Winter to Spring (January-April 1945) -- $t12. Walking to Breslau -- $t13. Bergen-Belsen -- $tPart IV: The Taste of Freedom (April 1945-June 1946) -- $t14. My Egg of Resurrection -- $t15. Concert for Survivors -- $t16. Capriccio Italiano -- $tEpilogue -- $tIllustration Credits 330 $aLilka Trzcinska was fourteen years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. The daughter of an architect, Lilka was a high school student at the time. When schools were closed by the occupier, she, along with her siblings, continued their education in secret classes, and joined the Polish Home Army - the secret resistance force.Lilka and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent to the political prison Pawiak, then to Auschwitz. There, Lilka's mother died and her younger sister was sent off to another camp. The rest of the family was put to work in the camp building offices. After being transported to a number of other camps (in one instance by a way of a three-day march), the three sisters were reunited in 1945, and shortly thereafter liberated by the British. Lilka later went to Italy to continue her education, moving to Canada in 1948.The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours is the memoir of a survivor. Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon narrates her adolescence and that of her sisters and brother in a way that binds poetry and history together seamlessly. It describes the strength of the family ties and solidarity that help them emerge from their horrific ordeal with their dignity intact.As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, German 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Polish 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$zPoland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, German. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements 676 $a940.54/7243/092 700 $aTrzcinska-Croydon$b Lilka$01022910 701 $aDavies$b Norman$0329099 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455675003321 996 $aThe labyrinth of dangerous hours$92430041 997 $aUNINA