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Remetz: Resistance Fighter and Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto
A Resistance Fighter’s Cry for Freedom
Growing up in an assimilated Jewish family, Jan Piechocki – later Yohay Remetz – lived a peaceful and humble life in Warsaw. Yet when the brutal Nazi Regime grew in power, all hell broke loose, resulting in Jan’s entrapment in the Warsaw Ghetto together with his mother and brother.
Struggling to survive as a rickshaw driver in the ghetto, Jan escapes his harrowing and destitute environment in July 1942 before it is ruthlessly liquidated, sealing the fate of his family. Jan later finds himself in the Aryan side of Warsaw, where he ensures his own survival by seeking refuge in several hiding places, taking on a fake Aryan identity, and using this identity to become recruited as a sentry in a German Air-Force airfield. The narrative follows his ingenious methods at outsmarting his enemies and his courageous efforts to fight against Nazi brutality when he joins the Polish resistance movement.
Remetz is an enthralling memoir about hope and survival; it teaches us about the resilience of the human spirit despite the trauma it endures. Remetz commemorates Jan’s outstanding bravery and honors the history of Warsaw’s Jewry.
Growing up in an assimilated Jewish family, Jan Piechocki – later Yohay Remetz – lived a peaceful and humble life in Warsaw. Yet when the brutal Nazi Regime grew in power, all hell broke loose, resulting in Jan’s entrapment in the Warsaw Ghetto together with his mother and brother.
Struggling to survive as a rickshaw driver in the ghetto, Jan escapes his harrowing and destitute environment in July 1942 before it is ruthlessly liquidated, sealing the fate of his family. Jan later finds himself in the Aryan side of Warsaw, where he ensures his own survival by seeking refuge in several hiding places, taking on a fake Aryan identity, and using this identity to become recruited as a sentry in a German Air-Force airfield. The narrative follows his ingenious methods at outsmarting his enemies and his courageous efforts to fight against Nazi brutality when he joins the Polish resistance movement.
Remetz is an enthralling memoir about hope and survival; it teaches us about the resilience of the human spirit despite the trauma it endures. Remetz commemorates Jan’s outstanding bravery and honors the history of Warsaw’s Jewry.
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278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 27, 2022
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March 27, 2022
Intense
I have read many books about the Holocaust, but this one shows the life of hiding on the other side of the walls. How life looked and felt hiding in plain sight and risking discovery daily. It is a window into the observations of the ignoring of the suffering of others to survive due to the risk of discovery. How others were simply located because of having connections with others hiding in plain sight, and how severing those connections could leed to saving your own life. I'm glad for a well written look into this world, and thankful to the many who never asked the wrong questions to keep many hiding in plain sight safe.
I have read many books about the Holocaust, but this one shows the life of hiding on the other side of the walls. How life looked and felt hiding in plain sight and risking discovery daily. It is a window into the observations of the ignoring of the suffering of others to survive due to the risk of discovery. How others were simply located because of having connections with others hiding in plain sight, and how severing those connections could leed to saving your own life. I'm glad for a well written look into this world, and thankful to the many who never asked the wrong questions to keep many hiding in plain sight safe.
December 4, 2023
Heartbreaking because it was reality
When reading this well written account of a young man in the midst of the greatest tragedy I have ever known , you have to keep pinching yourself to remind yourself that this was someone's life.
It is so worth reading again and again.
Thank you so much for passing on your life's many twists and turns for giving your past to the future in hope this never happens again. Blessed is their memory .
When reading this well written account of a young man in the midst of the greatest tragedy I have ever known , you have to keep pinching yourself to remind yourself that this was someone's life.
It is so worth reading again and again.
Thank you so much for passing on your life's many twists and turns for giving your past to the future in hope this never happens again. Blessed is their memory .
February 4, 2022
A must-read book.
June 19, 2023
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