The Secret State Series #1
Karski was a brilliant young diplomat when war broke out in 1939 with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Taken prisoner by the Soviet Red Army, which had simultaneously invaded from the East, Karski narrowly escaped the subsequent Katyn Forest Massacre. He became a member of the Polish Underground, the most significant resistance movement in occupied Europe, acting as a liaison and courier between the Underground and the Polish government-in-exile. He was twice smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto, and entered the Nazi's Izbica transit camp disguised as a guard, witnessing first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust.
Karski's courage and testimony, conveyed in a breathtaking manner in Story of a Secret State, offer the narrative of one of the world's greatest eyewitnesses and an inspiration for all of humanity, emboldening each of us to rise to the challenge of standing up against evil and for human rights. This definitive edition—which includes a foreword by Madeleine Albright, a biographical essay by Yale historian Timothy Snyder, an afterword by Zbigniew Brzezinski, previously unpublished photos, notes, further reading, and a glossary—is an apt legacy for this hero of conscience during the most fraught and fragile moment in modern history.
Jan Karski was born in ód , Poland, in 1914.
He received a degree in Law and Diplomatic Science in 1935 and served as a liaison officer of the Polish Underground during World War II. He carried the first eyewitness report of the Holocaust to a mostly unbelieving West, meeting with President Roosevelt in 1943 to plead for Allied intervention. Story of a Secret State was originally published in 1944, becoming a bestseller and Book of the Month Club selection. After the war, Karski earned his PhD at Georgetown University, where he served as a distinguished professor in the School of Foreign Service for forty years. He died in Washington, DC, in 2000. Karski has been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. In 2012, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by our President.
"His wartime saga as officer, as Soviet prisoner, as escapee, in the hands of the Gestapo, and as a Polish Underground activist and courier, is beyond remarkable. In a world today where words such as 'courage' and 'heroism' have been so overused—applied freely from sports to entertainment to politics as to be rendered practically meaningless—Jan Karski was the rare human being who embodied both."
"In the words of James Russell Lowell's rousing hymn:
'Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.' Perhaps more than most of us, Jan Karski faced such a choice in the starkest of possible terms, and made his decision as courageously as one could. . . . Jan Karski was a patriot and a truth teller; may his words always be read and his legacy never forgotten."Secret State is an indispensable and compelling historical document of World War II and the Holocaust, written by a supremely courageous humanitarian."
The Secret State Series #1:
The Underground by Jan Karski 1944 Highlights and excerpts by PL Sturgis:
Pro Script: “I do not pretend to have given an exhaustive picture of the Polish Underground, its organization, and its activities. Because of our methods I believe there is no one today who could give an all embracing recital. This could be possible only after the war with the aid of information yet to be gathered and checked. This is purely a personal story, my story. I have tried to recall everything I have experienced, to tell about my own activities and to recount the deeds of all those with whom I had actual contact.
Poland’s underground State, to which I belonged, was under the authority of the Polish Government in London. I know that, besides this organization, there were other elements carrying on their activities under the direction or the influence of Moscow. Because of my sincere intention to describe only my personal experience, their activities could not possibly be included in my story. Being the First active Member of the Polish Underground in the fortunate position to publish some aspects of its story, I hope that it will encourage others to relate their experiences, and that out of such narratives the free people all over the world will be able to form an objective opinion as to how the Polish people reacted during the years of German concept. Jan Karski:
Daily Bites of The Secret State Series #1:
Daily Bites of The Secret State Series #1:
“The Underground”
Bite #19,Another Two Day Journey:
by Jan Karski:
This journey lasted almost exactly 48 hours. Most of the soldiers on the train were engaged in discussing their prospects. The vast majority had accepted the Germans promise of freedom at face value and felt dubious only about working and living conditions under German domination. Some pointed out that we could not possibly be freed since the Polish/ German conflict had not come to a conclusion. Where they obtained their apparently “authentic information” on this score was a completely mystery to me. Nevertheless, since I was only too willing to be convinced, their resolute confidence cheered me up a bit.
Under these collective illusions we had left the train at Radom, This time though, the Germans lined us up with a great deal of gruff shouting. The officers in command of us were harsh and issued disguised threats instead of promises. These were disturbing but did not alter our fundamental convictions. The belief that we were going to be free had effectually prevented the slightest attempt to escape ever since the prison exchange at Przemyal and continued to function now as we marched under a light guard to the distribution camp at Radom.
Marching along dazed and bedraggled we began to doubt and conjecture for the first time since crossing the bridge. Our conjectures were confirmed when we saw the formidable barbed wire fences of this huge dismal camp. Again we were drawn up in the center of the camp and a speech was made assuring us we would be released to work but in the meantime any infraction of camp discipline would be met with severe punishment and any attempt for anyone to escape would be instantly shot. The camp was well guarded with open terrain making it almost impossible to escape.
(to be continued) ....
(To be continued )
Daily Bites of The Secret State Series #1
by Jan Karski 1944 :
“From The Secret State”
#21) Three Robust Men:
#22) Transported for Forced Labor:
#23) Now or Never:
#24) To the Citizens of Poland:
#25) Risking Escape:
#26) Searching for Shelter:
#27) The Polish Patriot:
#28) Priceless Hospitality:
#29) Shocking News:
#30) No Longer a Poland 1944:
To be Continued in the Next Daily Bites of “The Secret State Series #1”
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