And I Am Afraid of My Dreams [Hardcover]

Wanda Potawska (Author), Mary Craig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1989

Wanda Poltawska, arrested by the Gestapo, spent 4 years in Ravensbruck concentration camp. This is her account.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Polish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870527452
• ISBN-13: 978-0870527456
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,471,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book waiting to be discovered., January 20, 1997

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This review is from: And I Am Afraid of My Dreams (Hardcover)

This is one of those books which for some reason never got the attention it deserved. It describes the suffering of Polish women during the war at the hands of the Nazis. Medical experimentation, torture and starvation are all borne with dignity and incredible courage. That the narrator survived at all is a miracle, that she survived to become a doctor of psychiatry and to write this eloquent memoir is an even greater miracle. All of us who take democracy and freedom for granted should read "And I Am Afraid of My Dreams" to learn that nightmares do happen in modern times, that the human spirit can survive them, and that the freedom we enjoy today in the western world was paid for by the blood and pain -- not only of brave U.S. soldiers -- but of resistance fighters like the author of this book, now so stangely forgotten by U.S. media