The Bunker

A Temple Book / Atheneum, New York, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Introduction by William Glicksman. Illustrated paperback binding with white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip stop base bar In August 1944 the Warsaw uprising was winding down. The Poles who had joined the uprising had stopped seriously resisting knowing they were going to surrender to the Germans and all combatants were going to become prisoners. But, those of the uprising of Jewish background would have been killed on the spot. The author, one of the insurgents in the uprising, of Jewish background, retells in this book how he and six other Jewish fighters (one a woman) escaped the roundup when the rebellion failed by " ... hiding in a bunker carved out of the debris of that shattered building (Building Number 8, Franciskanska). Inside the darkness of that bunker they built a strange kind of life for themselves, all the time waiting and hoping for the advent of the Russian army." – from rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with the front cover starting to curl. Some light sunning to the back strip and remnants of a sticker can be seen to the lower back strip edge. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners' rubber stamp to the top edge of the half title page (well-known Holocaust scholars). First Edition by This Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], 6 - 262, [of which three are further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Holocaust; Poland; WW II; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 0290542. .