An edition of The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940 (1942)

The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt

War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940

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An edition of The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940 (1942)

The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt

War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940

Second edition.

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  • 2 Want to read

Most wartime accounts are written by soldiers and statesmen. [This] is a rare eyewitness account of the early chaotic days of World War II--the Nazi invasion of Poland, the Siege of Warsaw and the first few months of the Nazi occupation--written by a young working mother. -- jacket.

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Tradeselect Limited
Language
English
Pages
467

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Subjects

Weltkrieg (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945, Women, Polish Personal narratives, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, polish, World war, 1939-1945, poland

People

Rulka Langer

Places

Polen, Poland, Warsaw (Poland), Warsaw

Times

Occupation, 1939-1945
Edition Availability
Cover of: Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
2022, Creative Media Partners, LLC
in English
Cover of: Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
2022, Creative Media Partners, LLC
in English
Cover of: Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes 1939-1940
2015, Aquila Polonica Publishing
in English
Cover of: Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes 1939-1940
2010, Tradeselect Limited
in English
Cover of: The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940
2009, Tradeselect Limited
in English - Second edition.
Cover of: Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
Mermaid and the Messerschmitt
2007, Read Books
in English
Cover of: The mermaid and the Messerschmitt,
The mermaid and the Messerschmitt,
1942, Roy Slavonic publications

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Table of Contents

August 1939: the last peacetime summer
My race with Hitler
August 27: back to Warsaw
August 29: Warsaw prepares
August 31: on the edge
September 1: WAR!
September 2: our first refugees
September 5: the back evacuates
September 6: mortal fear
at Aunt Flika's
Me, a German spy?
Vadik
September 15: home again
The siege
Waiting for horse meat
Playing, eating, sleeping
Grim but determined, Warsaw carries on
The Malachowskis
We take in the Grudas
September 23: my birthday
September 24: the Church of the Saviour burns
September 25: Black Monday
September 26: Warsaw surrenders
Bitter days
The Nazi occupation begins
In need of candles
Major von Kraven
Priests and teachers arrested
In terror's grip
Christmas 1939
New regulations, a new business and
The decision to leave Warsaw
Free!

Edition Notes

"First edition published 1942"--Title page verso.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.53/43841092, B
Library of Congress
D811.5 .L27 2009, D811.5.L27 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 467 pages :
Number of pages
467

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26336535M
ISBN 10
1607720000
ISBN 13
9781607720003
LCCN
2009904398
OCLC/WorldCat
318867388

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Library of Congress MARC record
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Work Description

Rare eyewitness account of early, chaotic days of WWII - Nazi invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw and first months of Occupation - written by a young working mother. Rulka Langer's eye for detail and lively storytelling bring to life, from her unique vantage point, the opening chapter of the struggle between good and evil which ultimately engulfed the entire globe.

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