Book ofthe Polishwriterand journalistHannaKrall(b.1935)is based on theconversationswith MarekEdelman-one ofthose who led theresistance tothe Nazisin the Warsawghetto,and the onlysurvivorafter hisdefeatand subsequentlyEdelmanbecamea cardiologist.Publicationof the book "the first tothe LordGod"caused a sensation.Simple, clearwords,deliberatelydo notembellishingand avoidingpathos,Edelmantalks about thedestruction ofthe Warsaw ghettoand the peoplewith whomhe was thenpushedfate.He saysthingsare reallyterrible, from whichthe blood run cold.Writesin the afterwordto the book ofYevgeny Yevtushenko, "aknowledge ofcallousnessleadsto knowledgeof human hearts."
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