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The Holocaust in the Polish Countryside brings the incredibly moving first-hand witness testimony of Tadeusz Markiel and his recollection of life as a Polish Catholic boy in the rural town of Gniewczyna to an English-speaking audience for the first time. His narrative, supplemented with extensive academic footnotes from Alina Skibinska, recounts life in the Polish countryside prior to the Nazis, before describing in horrific detail the torture, rape, pillaging and betrayal of his Jewish neighbours. Skibinska, a founding member of the world-renowned Polish Centre for Holocaust Research, then builds on this with a sensitive historical account that serves to corroborate, enrich and contextualise Markiel's testimony. This book, which also includes a Foreword by Neighbors and Golden Harvest author Jan T. Gross and useful transcripts from post-war trials and correspondence between residents and former residents of Gniewczyna, is of incredible significance to anyone seeking to further their understanding of the Holocaust.
It provides readers with extensive source material, in English here for the first time, and delivers new insights into burgeoning Holocaust studies topics like the pillaging of the Jews, the Holocaust in rural areas, and notions concerning the witness and the role of the past in the present.
Contents
Foreword - Jan Tomasz Gross (Princeton University, USA) Translator's Introduction - Anna Solarska (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Introduction - Alina Skibinska (Centre for Holocaust Research in Warsaw, Poland) Editorial Note Part I - Gniewczyna during the War - Tadeusz Markiel (edited by Alina Skibinska) 1. A Word about Gniewczyna 2. Relations with Jewish Neighbours 3. A Time of War, a Time of Fear 4. The Lawlessness of Occupation 5. At the Trynczers' 6. Nuchym's Fate 7. The Murder of Leib 'the Second' 8. The Story of Abramek and his Father, Majer 9. The Tragic Fate of Golda 10. Liberation 11. Settling Scores 12. Post-War Catharsis 13. Preserving Memory 14. Not Everyone is Guilty but Everyone is Responsible Part II - Gniewczyna during the War: Close-Up - Alina Skibinska 15. Gniewczyna on the Historical and Geographical Map 16. Names: The Shortest of Accounts 17. Dark Days 18. The Holocaust 19. 'God, Honour, Fatherland' 20. The Survivors 21. Criminal Trials 22. Epilogue Part III - Appendix of Sources 23. The Trial of Jan Konieczny 24. The Trial of Jozef Lasek, Jozef Kulpa, Jozef Botwin and Jan Skitala 25. Correspondence Further Reading Abbreviations Index
