Justyna's narrative
TitleJustyna's narrative
Author
Call number940.5318092/0993
Object number11397
Place of publicationAmherst, Massachusetts, United States
PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
Year of publication
1996
Physical descriptionxiii,144 p.,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN1558490388
Description
An account of the Krakow Jewish resistance written during WWII. From February through April 1943, Gusta Davidson Draenger (aka "Justyna") composed the narrative on scraps of paper smuggled into her prison cell. Between sessions of torture and interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo, she recorded the activities and spiritual aspirations of a clandestine group of young Jewish idealists who forged documents, acquired weapons, and committed acts of defiance against the Nazis.