Tells the story of Karolina Lanckoronska, an aristocrat and art historian, who was arrested by the Germans in 1942 for her active participation in the Polish resistance during the Soviets occupation. This book gives an insight into the motives and behaviour of the Soviets and the Germans not simply as oppressors, but as human beings.

A concentration camp survivor describes the mass murder of Poles, the serial horrors inflicted by both Russians and Nazis, and the immense courage of those who resisted during World War II.

Product Description: In 1939, Countess Karolina Lanckoronska, professor and wealthy landowner, joined the Polish underground, was arrested, sentenced to death, and was held in Ravensbruck concentration camp. There she taught art history to other women who, like her, might be dead in a few days...read more