Polish hero Roman Rodziewicz : fate of a Hubal soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and postwar England /
In Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm presents the fascinating and tragic real-life story of a Polish soldier and partisan hero, Roman Rodziewicz. Rodziewicz's life takes the reader from Manchuria to Poland, enlistment in the Polish army, service with the famous partisan...
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Lexington Books,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- List of Photographs; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Early Life in Manchuria; Chapter Two: Japanese Occupation; Chapter Three: Finally Poland; Chapter Four: Zofia's Dream-Roman's Dream; Chapter Five: Meeting Marshal Piłsudski; Chapter Six: More Education Problems; Chapter Seven: Into the Cavalry; Chapter Eight: Learning to Be a Farmer; Chapter Nine: All about Bees and Honey; Chapter Ten: All about Ławski Bród; Chapter Eleven: All about Partridge; Chapter Twelve: Roman the Hunter; Chapter Thirteen: Harbinger of War.
- Chapter Fourteen: Colonel Dąbrowski Disbands His RegimentChapter Fifteen: Under Major Dobrzański's Command; Chapter Sixteen: Hubal: The Journal of Roman Rodziewicz; Chapter Seventeen: Warsaw Rendezvous-Halina; Chapter Eighteen: A Belorussian Outpost; Chapter Nineteen: The Unlucky Boots; Chapter Twenty: To Jail at Wołożyn; Chapter Twenty-one: Gestapo Interrogation; Chapter Twenty-two: To Prison in Stara Wilejka; Chapter Twenty-three: Train to Auschwitz, Birkenau; Chapter Twenty-four: Nightmares Relived; Chapter Twenty-five: Numbered for Life.
- Chapter Twenty-six: The Death of 30,000 Jewish WomenChapter Twenty-seven: To Buchenwald; Chapter Twenty-eight: The Final Roll Call-German Farewell; Chapter Twenty-nine: Freed by Americans; Chapter Thirty: On to Italy; Chapter Thirty-one: Meeting Hubal's Sister and Wańkowicz; Chapter Thirty-two: Letter about Halina; Chapter Thirty-three: Uncertainty to Return; Chapter Thirty-four: My Best Friend in England; Chapter Thirty-five: English Marriage; Chapter Thirty-six: Visiting Poland; Chapter Thirty-seven: Meeting with Halina; Epilogue; Index; About the Author.