Fighting Back
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Fighting Back

A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

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Fighting Back

A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

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This is a personal story of survival by Hershel Zimmerman, later known as Harold Werner, who survived the Holocaust in the woods of Eastern Poland.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780231882224
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Jewish History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Explanation of Names, Places, and Events
  3. Foreword: Harold Werner – Story of Jewish Resistance
  4. Preface
  5. Editor’s Acknowledgments
  6. Maps
  7. 1. Life in Warsaw Before the Storm
  8. 2. The Jewish Dilemma
  9. 3. Outbreak of War
  10. 4. The Trek Toward Russia
  11. 5. Life in Hola
  12. 6. Work as a Farm Hand
  13. 7. Childhood Remembrances
  14. 8. Remembrances of Life in the Big City
  15. 9. The Germans Invade Russia
  16. 10. Ominous News from Warsaw
  17. 11. The Winter of 1941–42
  18. 12. Betrayal at the Hands of the Hola Farmers
  19. 13. The Zamolodycze Raid
  20. 14. I Lose Manya in the Skorodnica Forest
  21. 15. The Hunt
  22. 16. Taking the Offensive
  23. 17. A Short Stay in the Makoszka Forest
  24. 18. Our First Attack Against the Germans
  25. 19. March 1943
  26. 20. Rescuing Jews from the Wlodawa Ghetto
  27. 21. We Join Chiel Grynszpan’s Partisans
  28. 22. Rescuing Jews from the Adampol Labor Camp
  29. 23. Spies
  30. 24. A Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
  31. 25. An Ambush and a Happy Reunion
  32. 26. Successful Raids After Joining the Army Ludowa
  33. 27. A Sad Reunion
  34. 28. A Second Encounter with Zaremba
  35. 29. Donachy Gets Her Revenge
  36. 30. The Sobibor Death Camp
  37. 31. On the Offensive in the Fall of 1943
  38. 32. Destruction of Our Base in the Ochoza Forest
  39. 33. Destruction of the Ostrow Lubelski Garrison
  40. 34. Escape from Encirclement
  41. 35. Murder at the Hands of the Army Krajowa
  42. 36. Our First Parachute Drop
  43. 37. The Winter of 1943–44
  44. 38. Spring 1944
  45. 39. A Pitched Battle
  46. 40. Liberation
  47. 41. Disillusionment and Departure
  48. Epilogue
  49. Glossary of Names
  50. Index