The Civilian Population and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 Hanson Paperback

Description: The Civilian Population and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 This book analyses of their reaction to the battle itself and to its political and diplomatic implications. Joanna K. M. Hanson (Author) 9780521531191, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 12 August 2004 364 pages 22.8 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.53 kg The Warsaw Uprising of 1944, always a topic of passionate discussion, has already been the subject of many books and other publications. These works, however, have dealt primarily with the political and military aspects of the insurrection, and hence there has been a tendency to forget that nearly one million people, mainly civilians, were caught in insurgent Warsaw and virtually entombed there. Nearly a quarter of them did not survive the ordeal. The battle continued for over two months under incessant German bombardment and fire, whilst diplomatic manoeuvres and intrigues taking place between the Big Three failed to be of any effective help to the fighting city. For sixty-three days the inhabitants of Warsaw lived in difficult, dangerous and desperate conditions. This book is a description of their plight, of their lives, of how they organised themselves and of their survival. It is an analysis of their reaction to the battle itself and to its political and diplomatic implications. It is a study, where possible, of public opinion. The first chapter of the book is a detailed description of life in occupied Warsaw from 1939 to 1944, as this forms an indispensable background to the work. There is also a section on Poland's political and international position during the war. 1. Social structure of Warsaw in 1931 2. Employment in Warsaw industries, October 1941 3. Wage rates for manual and clerical workers, January 1943 4. Wage index of municipal manual workers 5. Free market prices in Warsaw 6. Availability of electrivity in Polish districts 7. Comparison of Polish and German monthly ration cards 8. Percentage and causes of death in Warsaw, 1939–41 9. Type of persons using soup kitchens, 1941 10. Distribution of clothing by relief organisations in Warsaw, September 1939–May 1944 11. Conditions and morale in various houses in Sródmiescie, 31 August 1944 12. Allocation of water 13. Comparison of losses in human lives in countries under Nazi occupation. Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], European history [HBJD]

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