A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Amazon: A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.

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The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945

Amazon: On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside―so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: That day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air.

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

Amazon: A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.

Killing Warsaw: The Full True Story of the City That Was to Disappear

This book shows how much the city of Warsaw and its residents suffered under German Nazi occupation. It also shows that the destruction was planned before the war and that there were no accidents. The city of Warsaw was to disappear to be later reborn as the small German city of Warschau. You will see how the plan was implemented from the first days of the war, through brutal occupation, the Ghetto uprising, the Warsaw uprising, and finally, destruction. You will see how rapidly the city's population shrunk from 1.3 million to 1,000.

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