Spione, Agenten, Soldaten. Geheime Kommandos im Zweiten Weltkrieg (1988) By Janusz Piekalkiewicz
Spies, agents, soldiers. Secret commands in World War II
Janusz Piekalkiewicz (born 1925 in Warsaw; died March 9, 1988) was a Polish historian, writer, director and producer. During the Second World War, Piekalkiewicz became a 17-year-old member of the Polish Home Army. One of the leaders of the Polish resistance against the German occupiers was his uncle Professor Jan Piekalkiewicz (born 1892), who was murdered by the Gestapo in 1943. Janusz Piekalkiewicz took part in the Warsaw uprising of 1944 and spent the rest of the war in the labor education camp "Großbeeren near Berlin. After the liberation he returned to Poland, graduated from high school in 1946, attended the film academy in Lódz from 1948 and then studied contemporary history. He also worked as a mountain guide in the High Tatras. In 1956 he took part in the Hungarian people's uprising and then emigrated to Austria, where he first worked as a road worker and later as a radio reporter (from 1957 head of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe) before turning to writing and television. Among other things, he worked in Paris, London and the Federal Republic of Germany. Piekalkiewicz was considered a proven expert in war history. The focus of his work was on the Second World War and the world of the secret services.
Written in German Text
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- 528 pages
- In Good Condition
