The Diary of Mary Berg: Growing Up in the Warsaw Ghetto - 75th Anniversary EditionThe first eye-witness account ever published of life in the Warsaw Ghetto Mary Berg was fifteen when the German army poured into Poland in 1939. She survived four years of Nazi terror, and managed to keep a diary throughout. This astonishing, vivid portrayal of life inside the Warsaw Ghetto ranks with the most significant documents of the Second World War. Mary Berg candidly chronicles not only the daily deprivations and mass deportations, but also the resistance and resilience of the inhabitants, their secret societies, and the youth at the forefront of the fight against Nazi terror. Above all The Diary of Mary Berg is a uniquely personal story of a life-loving girl’s encounter with unparalleled human suffering, and offers an extraordinary insight into one of the darkest chapters of human history. |
Contents
Warsaw Besieged | |
The Ghetto Begins | |
Life Goes | |
Underground | |
Russian Bombs | |
Spring Is Cruel | |
The Germans Take Pictures | |
The Privileged Go To Prison | |
The Children Go For A Walk | |
The End Of The Jewish Police | |
Bloody Days Again | |
Internment Camp | |
The Battle Of The Ghetto | |
Typhus | |
Violence Against Thy Brother | |
Horror Stalks The Streets | |
Another Year | |
Journey To Freedom | |
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