The Resource Inhuman land : searching for the truth in Soviet Russia, by Józef Czapski ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; introduction by Timothy Snyder
Inhuman land : searching for the truth in Soviet Russia, by Józef Czapski ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; introduction by Timothy Snyder
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- Summary
- "In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of Poles--men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and impoverished--were released from Soviet prison camps and allowed to join the Polish army being formed in the south of Russia. One of the survivors who made the difficult winter journey was the painter and reserve officer Józef Czapski. General Anders, the army's commander in chief, assigned Czapski the task of receiving the Poles arriving for military training; gathering accounts of what their fates had been; organizing education, culture, and news for the soldiers; and, most important, investigating the disappearance of thousands of missing Polish officers. Blocked at every level by the Soviet authorities, Czapski was unaware that in April 1940 the officers had been shot dead in Katyn forest, a crime for which Soviet Russia never accepted responsibility. Czapski's account of the years following his release from the camp, the formation of the Polish army, and its arduous trek through Central Asia and the Middle East to fight on the Italian front is rich in anecdotes about the suffering of the Poles in the USSR, quotations from the Polish poetry that sustained him and his companions, encounters with literary figures (including Anna Akhmatova), and philosophical thoughts about the relationships between nationalities"--
- Language
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- eng
- pol
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 447 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Na nieludzkiej ziemi
- Isbn
- 9781681372563
- Label
- Inhuman land : searching for the truth in Soviet Russia
- Title
- Inhuman land
- Title remainder
- searching for the truth in Soviet Russia
- Statement of responsibility
- by Józef Czapski ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; introduction by Timothy Snyder
- Language
-
- eng
- pol
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of Poles--men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and impoverished--were released from Soviet prison camps and allowed to join the Polish army being formed in the south of Russia. One of the survivors who made the difficult winter journey was the painter and reserve officer Józef Czapski. General Anders, the army's commander in chief, assigned Czapski the task of receiving the Poles arriving for military training; gathering accounts of what their fates had been; organizing education, culture, and news for the soldiers; and, most important, investigating the disappearance of thousands of missing Polish officers. Blocked at every level by the Soviet authorities, Czapski was unaware that in April 1940 the officers had been shot dead in Katyn forest, a crime for which Soviet Russia never accepted responsibility. Czapski's account of the years following his release from the camp, the formation of the Polish army, and its arduous trek through Central Asia and the Middle East to fight on the Italian front is rich in anecdotes about the suffering of the Poles in the USSR, quotations from the Polish poetry that sustained him and his companions, encounters with literary figures (including Anna Akhmatova), and philosophical thoughts about the relationships between nationalities"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1896-1993
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Czapski, Józef
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Lloyd-Jones, Antonia
- Series statement
- New York Review Books classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Czapski, Józef
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoners of war
- Label
- Inhuman land : searching for the truth in Soviet Russia, by Józef Czapski ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; introduction by Timothy Snyder
- Note
- Translation of: Na nieludzkiej ziemi
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1050140589
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 447 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681372563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050140589
- Label
- Inhuman land : searching for the truth in Soviet Russia, by Józef Czapski ; translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ; introduction by Timothy Snyder
- Note
- Translation of: Na nieludzkiej ziemi
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1050140589
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 447 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681372563
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1050140589
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