The book "Women '44" by Agnieszka Cubała presents an extraordinary, feminine view of the Warsaw Uprising. War seen through the eyes of women is still a war almost unknown, but without their point of view, the history of the Warsaw Uprising would be incomplete.
It is a book about the fate of women in the Warsaw Uprising, about their experiences and emotions, as well as about matters that have hardly been discussed so far, because the women themselves did not want to talk about them for a long time. Known and unknown participants of the Warsaw Uprising reveal the truth about a heroic struggle in which one has to survive, kill, protect others and preserve oneself. This book is their voice, so important to the story of its creation and to all of us.
Women in the Warsaw Uprising
The following actresses talk about their experiences:Małgorzata Damięcka-Lorentowicz, Alina Janowska, Irena Kwiatkowska, Danuta Szaflarska, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda; poets and writers:Maria Dąbrowska, Maria Kownacka, Anna Świrszczyńska; Hanna Brzezińska - "the nightingale of occupied Warsaw", Natalia Sendys - "the queen of the sewers", or the liaison-gunner - Wanda Traczyk-Stawska.
The above description is provided by the publisher.
We invite you to read an excerpt from the book: Untold crimes - this is how the Germans raped Polish women during the Warsaw Uprising
