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WOULD YOU DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE WHEN A GUN WAS POINTED AT YOUR HEAD? WITHOUT PITY by JACEK KRÓL
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September 1939. German tanks roll across the Polish border. Seventeen days later, the Soviets strike from the east. Poland is carved apart, its freedom stolen—but not its spirit. As the Nazis unleash their reign of terror, a shadow army rises from the ashes. The Polish Underground becomes the largest resistance network in Europe. Amid unspeakable horrors of round-ups, mass executions and death camps, the ordinary citizens risk everything to defy the oppressors. And still, against all odds, life dares to endure. On a bright spring morning in 1940, a wedding unfolds in a quiet village chapel. The fragile promise of happiness is crushed when Nazi troops storm the ceremony. In the chaos, the bride escapes. The groom is captured and sent to the gates of hell: Auschwitz. Torn apart at the altar, can Helena and Stan find their way back to each other or will the cruelty of war destroy even the hope of reunion? Historical Background "Kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of the Polish race," Adolf Hitler to Wehrmacht commanders, August 22 1939 Keywords: Love at War, Romance in wartime, WW2, Gen ocide, Occupation, Roundups, Concentration Camps, Death Camps, Street Executions, Black Market, Resistance, #resist2exist, Resistance to Occupation, Underground, Sabotage, Human Shields, Collective Punishment, Children at War, Uprising, Auschwitz 1, Mauthausen, Gusen... PAPERBACK PUBLISHER (US) | B&N (US) | Booksamillion (US) | Walmart (US) | Amazon (US) | EBOOK | Kobo eBook | Apple Books | Amazon | B&N |or ask your local bookseller: ISBN 978-1-59211-551-8 PLEASE SUPPORT INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOPS WHENEVER POSSIBLE |
