Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Dedication vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. List of Illustrations viii
6. Introduction x
7. 1. Under the Portrait of Gustawa 1
8. 2. Being a Bierzyński 6
9. 3. Warsaw before the War, 1928–1939 12
10. 4. A Citizen of the World 20
11. 5. Warsaw: Invasion and Occupation, 1939–1940 26
12. 6. Learning the Life of a Fugitive, 1940–1942 37
13. 7. Warsaw: A Conspiratorial Identity, 1942–1944 49
14. 8. The 1944 Warsaw Uprising 68
15. 9. A Polish Prisoner of War, 1944–1945 84
16. 10. A Family Pact 95
17. 11. Krystyna Bierzyńska in Polish History 107
18. Works Cited 111
19. Index 113