Title: The emperor of lies /
Authors: Sem-Sandberg, Steve, 1958-; Death, Sarah
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim Fiction.; Jews Poland History Fiction.; Jewish ghettos Poland Łódź History Fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction; Łódź (Poland) Fiction.
Abstract: Follows the World War II tale of Jewish ghetto director Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, who in an ambitious effort to render the ghetto an invaluable industrial complex makes compromises that have extraordinary consequences.
Contents: Map of the Łódź Ghetto -- Memorandum -- Prologue. The Chairman Alone (1-4 September 1942) -- Within the walls (April 1940-September 1942) -- The child (Septrmber 1942-January 1944) -- Teh last city (September 1942-August 1944) -- Seeing in the Dark (August 1944-January 1945)