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BL
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1013179
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b767549
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| Main Entry
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Piekarski, Konstanty R.,1915-1990.
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| Title & Author
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Escaping hell : : the story of a Polish underground officer in Auschwitz and Buchenwald /\ Kon Piekarski.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto [Ont.] :: Dundurn Press,, 1996, ©1989.
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1 online resource (254 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1550020714
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9781550020717
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| Abstract
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Escaping Hell is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald - where violence was meaningless because human life had lost all value. During World War II, Kon Piekarski was a member of the Polish Underground Army, a clandestine resistance movement which operated even inside Auschwitz - organizing spectacular esacpes, operating a secret radio network and matching wits with the Gestapo. After Auschwitz, Piekarski became a prisoner of war at Buchenwald and spent time working in a factory where Russian prisoners of war were used for labour. In the face of constant danger, he and his comrades took every possible opportunity to sabotage the German war industry. He was finally transferred to a small camp near the French border, and escaped three months before the end of the war.
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Piekarski, Konstanty R.,1915-1990.
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Piekarski, Konstanty R.,1915-
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Piekarski, Konstanty R.,1915-1990.
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Auschwitz (Pologne : Camp de concentration)
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Buchenwald (Allemagne : Camp de concentration)
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Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration camp)
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World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, Polish.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Prisoners and prisons, German.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Récits personnels juifs.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Prisonniers et prisons des Polonais.
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HISTORY-- General.
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Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration camp)
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/17/0943092
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| LC Classification
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D805.P7P54 1996eb
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