The Augustów Roundup of July 1945 : accounts of the brutal Soviet repression of Polish resistance /

"Remnants of the Polish Home Army re-formed to counter brutal Soviet repressions. In July 1945, more than 7,000 HA freedom fighters were arrested in the northeastern Augustów region and held in barns, pigsties and warehouses where they were beaten and tortured. Two thousand of them were never s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kaczorowska, Teresa (Author)
Other Authors:	Koralewski, Halina, 1946- (Translator), Zaremba, Bożena U., 1960- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
Subjects:	Augustów Roundup, 1945 > Personal narratives. Anti-communist movements > Poland > Augustów (Województwo Podlaskie) > History. Counterinsurgency > Poland > History > 20th century. Augustów Forest > History, Military > 20th century. Political persecution > Augustów Forest > History > 20th century. Atrocities > Augustów Forest Region. Poland > History > Occupation, 1939-1945. HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General. HISTORY / Europe / Poland. Anti-communist movements. Atrocities. Counterinsurgency. Political persecution. Poland. Poland > Augustów (Województwo Podlaskie) 1900-1999 History. Military history. Personal narratives.

Table of Contents:

Marian Tananis (Sejny): "Traitors are the worst"
Krystyna Świerzbińska: "When we came back from Siberia, my father was gone"
Fr. Stanisław Wysocki (Suwałki): "Our farm was an oasis for the insurgency"
Tadeusz Jagłowski (Augustów): "Our parents waited for their son's return until their death"
Józef Kucharzewski (Giby): "I heard the moans of my tortured sister"
Marian Bućko (Augustów): "Our family is waiting for the explanation of this crime"
Teresa Staśkiewicz (Augustów): "The Augustów
Roundup is still alive"
Why Is This Book Needed?
The Augustów Roundup: Crime with No Statute of Limitations.