The wartime diary of Edmund Kessler
Subtitle: Lwów, Poland, 1942-1944
By: introduction by Antony Polonsky ; preface by David Bossman ; foreword by Leon W. Wells ; "Salvation" by Kazimierz Kalwinski ; "Lusia's letter" by Lusia Sicher ; epilogue by Renata Kessler ; afterword by Sarah Shapiro.
Series: Jews of Poland
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781934843987; 9781934843994
Subjects: Kessler, Edmund, -- d. 1985 -- Diaries; Janowska (Concentration camp); Jews -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- Diaries; Jews -- Poland -- Diaries; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- Personal narratives; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives; Jewish ghettos -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- History -- 20th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv -- History -- 20th century; Bunkers (Fortification) -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv Region -- History -- 20th century; Lʹviv (Ukraine) -- Biography
Genres: Diaries; Personal narratives; Biography
Work titles: Przeżyć holokaust we Lwowie.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introduction; title: The Kessler family of Lwów; title: Autobiographical statement; title: Life in America; title: pt. 2. Our people; title: Terror in Lwow; title: Life in the camps; title: Reflections; title: pt. 3. Salvation; title: Our bunker in Lwów; title: Lusia's letter; title: pt. 4. Epilogue; title: The search; title: Afterword; title: pt. 5. Biographical statements; title: pt. 6. Appendix.