{"product_id":"warsaw-is-my-country-the-story-of-krystyna-bierzynska-1928-1945-9781618117595","title":"Warsaw Is My Country: The Story of Krystyna Bierzynska, 1928-1945","description":"This story of Krystyna Bierzyńska, an acculturated Polish Jew, explores how she survived the Holocaust thanks to the efforts of her Jewish and surrogate Christian families and served in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Bierzyńska's is a Warsaw story that demonstrates how, in urban interwar Poland, acculturated Jews at last dared to believe that they qualified as Polish patriots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeth Holmgren is Professor of Slavic Studies at Duke University. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003eStarring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eTransgressive Women in Modern Russian and East European Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, co-ed. Yana Hashamova \u0026amp; Mark Lipovetsky (2016). Her current research examines the role of popular entertainment and the experience of its primarily Jewish performers in the Anders Army (1942-1946).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544920363282,"sku":"9781618117595","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ccdb178c-b2cf-4491-9404-f6488707f913.jpg?v=1731538314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/warsaw-is-my-country-the-story-of-krystyna-bierzynska-1928-1945-9781618117595","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}