The Warsaw Ghetto: A Christian's TestimonySurveys Nazi policy towards the Jews in Poland from 1939 on, focusing on conditions in Warsaw. The author, a Polish historian and journalist, who began to assist Jews in the winter of 1941-42, was active in the Council for Aid to Jews (Zegota). Emphasizes the close coordination of their activities with the Jewish Affairs Department of the Polish Home Army which also transmitted information to the West about the fate of the Jews. Describes the formation of the Jewish underground and the Warsaw ghetto revolt. Relates that the underground received arms and explosives from the Home Army which also sent a small unit to try and break through the ghetto wall during the uprising. also describes efforts to help Jews after the ghetto's destruction and to increase awareness of the Jewish tragedy among the Polish population and encourage aid to Jews. |
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