Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter

Rotem Simha

This memoir tells the story of the Jewish resistance fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto who defied the Nazis against impossible odds. Kazik and his fellow Jews smuggled in arms and explosives, performed acts of resistance, held off the Nazi army for almost a month, and rescued the few surviving Jews after the Ghetto was destroyed. Kazik spent the rest of the war helping Jews who still remained in Warsaw, joining the Poles during their ill-fated uprising against the Nazis, and assisting the Polish underground. This tale of courage should change forever the image of how Jews fought and survived during the Holocaust.

About the Author

Kazik (Simha Rotem), who now lives in Israel, was an adviser to the mini-series Uprising and was the 1997 recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Medal, given to those who have made extraordinary accomplishments toward liberty and human values.

Reviews

"A moving record of the greatest heroism and a chronicle of humanity's darkest hour" – Adam Le Bor, The Times

"This memoir is the most gripping account of wartime guerilla survival against all the odds that I have ever read. It is impossible to put the book down" – Robert Carver, The Scotsman

"It had me transfixed. I could do nothing else until I finished it and could think of nothing else after I put it down" – Chaim Bermant, Literary Review

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