Witnesses

Life in Occupied Kraków

Miriam Peleg-Mariańska, Mordecai Peleg

• Publisher: Routledge
• Edition: 1
• Year: 2026
• Topic: History
• Print ISBN:
  9781041400349
• Subtopic: Eastern European History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781042508914
• Index: History

On 6 September 1939 the German army invaded Kraków and the lives of the 60,000 Jewish residents changed forever. Among those who became members of '?egota', the Polish underground organization which provided aid to Jews, were Miriam Peleg-Maria?ska and Mordecai Peleg, a young couple of striking Aryan looks and impeccable spoken Polish. Witnesses is their story, a story unique in the fact that this husband-and-wife team were themselves Jewish. The German occupation of Poland still plagues Polish-Jewish relations and the authors' testimony allows us to draw as true a conclusion as possible about the interaction between Poles and Jews. The testimony of Miriam Peleg- Maria?ska and Mordecai Peleg stands as an enduring tribute to courage in the face of evil and has continued relevance in a world where antisemitism is once more rearing its head.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• The Authors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Translator’s Note
• 1 The Beginning of the Road
• 2 On The Kraków-Tarnów-Lwów Line
• 3 We Bore Witness
• 4 Some of our Clients
• 5 Fugitives from the Janowski Camp
• 6 Council for Jewish Aid (‘Żegota’) in Kraków: First Steps
• 7 I Did not Keep a Diary … Scraps of Memories
• 8 New Contacts – New Methods
• 9 Parting
• 10 Janka’s Wanderings Wanda and Jadwiga
• 11 The Refugee from Auschwitz
• 12 The Story of a Cellar
• 13 Contacts with Warsaw
• 14 For Whom the Bells of Victory Tolled
• Appendix
• Index