34. Escape from Encirclement

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Explanation of Names, Places, and Events IX
4. Foreword: Harold Werner – Story of Jewish Resistance XI
5. Preface XXIII
6. Editor’s Acknowledgments XXVII
7. Maps XXVIII
8. 1. Life in Warsaw Before the Storm 1
9. 2. The Jewish Dilemma 6
10. 3. Outbreak of War 11
11. 4. The Trek Toward Russia 16
12. 5. Life in Hola 23
13. 6. Work as a Farm Hand 28
14. 7. Childhood Remembrances 32
15. 8. Remembrances of Life in the Big City 43
16. 9. The Germans Invade Russia 57
17. 10. Ominous News from Warsaw 64
18. 11. The Winter of 1941–42 68
19. 12. Betrayal at the Hands of the Hola Farmers 72
20. 13. The Zamolodycze Raid 79
21. 14. I Lose Manya in the Skorodnica Forest 87
22. 15. The Hunt 93
23. 16. Taking the Offensive 96
24. 17. A Short Stay in the Makoszka Forest 101
25. 18. Our First Attack Against the Germans 107
26. 19. March 1943 111
27. 20. Rescuing Jews from the Wlodawa Ghetto 116
28. 21. We Join Chiel Grynszpan’s Partisans 126
29. 22. Rescuing Jews from the Adampol Labor Camp 137
30. 23. Spies 143
31. 24. A Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 146
32. 25. An Ambush and a Happy Reunion 149
33. 26. Successful Raids After Joining the Army Ludowa 154
34. 27. A Sad Reunion 160
35. 28. A Second Encounter with Zaremba 164
36. 29. Donachy Gets Her Revenge 167
37. 30. The Sobibor Death Camp 170
38. 31. On the Offensive in the Fall of 1943 176
39. 32. Destruction of Our Base in the Ochoza Forest 183
40. 33. Destruction of the Ostrow Lubelski Garrison 186
41. 34. Escape from Encirclement 188
42. 35. Murder at the Hands of the Army Krajowa 194
43. 36. Our First Parachute Drop 197
44. 37. The Winter of 1943–44 201
45. 38. Spring 1944 208
46. 39. A Pitched Battle 216
47. 40. Liberation 222
48. 41. Disillusionment and Departure 232
49. Epilogue 236
50. Glossary of Names 237
51. Index 239