January 1943. Warsaw is a city of the dead. In the ghetto, the last 50,000 Jews await their fate but, unlike those who preceded them to the death camps, they are prepared to fight to the end. Jan Kalisz, Kripo investigator and Resistance double-agent, has promised to supply them with weapons. But how will he […]
Living in the minds of monsters
Many historical writers come across horrific events from the past during their research, and have to, however temporarily, see the world though the eyes of the perpetrators of atrocities. Douglas Jackson, author of Blood Sacrifice, writes about the mental cost of living in the minds of monsters. I recently came across a quote from a […]
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the first armed resistance in German occupied territory in WW2, led by a band of brave but poorly armed resistance fighters. Elisabeth Gifford tells their story. In 1943 a band of poorly armed teenagers and young people staged the first organised armed resistance in the […]