Bedford Public Library

The diary of Mary Berg, growing up in the Warsaw ghetto, edited by S. L. Shneiderman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-272) and index

autobiography

illustrations

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non fiction

The diary of Mary Berg

50035770173867

edited by S. L. Shneiderman

growing up in the Warsaw ghetto

Mary Berg was fifteen when the German army poured into Poland in 1939. She survived four years of Nazi terror, and managed to keep a diary throughout. This astonishing, vivid portrayal of life inside the Warsaw Ghetto ranks with the most significant documents of the Second World War. Mary Berg candidly chronicles not only the daily deprivations and mass deportations, but also the resistance and resilience of the inhabitants, their secret societies, and the youth at the forefront of the fight against Nazi terror

Warsaw besieged -- The Ghetto begins -- Life goes on -- Underground -- Russian bombs -- Typhus -- "Violence against thy brother" -- Horror stalkks the streets -- Another year -- Spring is cruel -- The Germans take pictures -- The privileged go to prison -- The children go for a walk -- The end of the Jewish police -- Bloddy days again -- Internment camp -- The battle of the Ghetto -- Journey to freedom