Death Womb

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps x
4. The Gift 1
5. Longing 7
6. Starvation—Głód 9
7. The Promise 15
8. The Double Bind 18
9. Death Womb 22
10. Alchemy 24
11. Voices 26
12. Words 27
13. Her Story: The Beginning 31
14. Bomb Shelters 37
15. The Train 40
16. Before the Warsaw Ghetto 41
17. Getto Warszawskie, pazdziernik 1940 (Warsaw Ghetto, October 1940) 43
18. More Hunger—Głód 47
19. Trzynastka (Number 13) 53
20. Wife of an Officer 56
21. Umschlagplatz 58
22. The Escape 66
23. The Good Look 71
24. Stories from the Aryan Side 75
25. More Hunger—Głód 83
26. False Names, Hiding, and Death 85
27. The Little Boy 88
28. Kenkarta 91
29. Blackmailed (Szantazowana) 93
30. Poniewierka (Wandering/Vagrancy) 97
31. A.K. (Armia Krajowa) and A.L. (Armia Ludowa) 100
32. May 1943 103
33. The Maid 105
34. Factory Worker 110
35. On the Run 113
36. Łódz 116
37. Postlude 119
38. Glossary 131
39. Dramatis Personae 135
40. Acknowledgements 141
41. About the Author 143
42. The Regina Collection 147