Justyna's narrative
By: Gusta Davidson Draenger ; edited with an introduction by Eli Pfefferkorn and David H. Hirsch ; translated by Roslyn Hirsch and David H. Hirsch.
Contributors: Pfefferkorn, Eli.; Hirsch, David H.; Hirsch, Roslyn.
Publisher: The University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Amherst [Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Justyna, 1917 or 18-1943.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Kraków -- Personal narratives.; Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Kraków.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland -- Kraków.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
Description: Written during World War II, Justyna's Narrative is a compelling account of the Krakow Jewish resistance. From February through April 1943, Gusta Davidson Draenger (aka "Justyna") composed the narrative on scraps of paper smuggled into her prison cell.

Between sessions of torture and interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo, she recorded the activities and spiritual aspirations of a clandestine group of young Jewish idealists who forged documents, acquired weapons, and committed acts of defiance against the Nazis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144).