Daily Bites of The Secret State Series #1:Bite #27,The Polish Patriot

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Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first accounts of the systematic slaughter of the Jews by the German Nazis, this volume is a remarkable testimony of one man's courage and a nation's struggle for resistance against overwhelming oppression.
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Albright, a biographical essay by Yale historian Timothy Snyder, an afterword by Zbigniew Brzezinski, previously unpublished photos, notes, further reading, and a glossary—is an apt legacy for this hero of conscience during the most fraught and fragile moment in modern history.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."

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"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."

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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:

“The Underground”
Bite #27,The Polish Patriot:
by Jan Karski :

Approaching a small typical peasant dwelling we hesitantly stood before the door under which a dim light issued. As I raised my hand to knock I felt a tremor of nervousness and apprehension. I knocked on the door with brusque over-emphasis to alloy my dread. “Who is it?” The trembling voice of the peasant reassured me slightly. The door opened slowly disclosing a gray headed old peasant with a grizzly beard. He stood there in his underwear, obviously frightened and cold. 

A wave of warm air from the interior made me feel almost faint with the urge to enter and bask in it. “What do you want?” he asked in a tone of indignation and fear. I ignored the question and decided to play boldly on his feelings. “Are you or are you not a Polish Patriot?” I demanded sternly. “I am a Polish Patriot!” he replied with greater composure than I had anticipated. “Do you love your country? I continued. “I do!” ... “Do you believe in God?” ...”Yes, I do!” 

The old man winced considerable impatience at my questions but no longer seemed terrified, but merely curious. I proceeded to satisfy his curiosity. We are Polish soldiers who have just escaped from the Germans. We are going to join the Polish Army and help save our country. We are not defeated yet. You must help us and give us civilian clothes. If you refuse and try to turn us over to the Germans God will punish you! He gazed at me! Under his thick eyebrows I could not tell if he was amused, impressed, or alarmed. “Come inside” he said dryly. “I will not turn you over to the Germans. 
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Daily Bites of The Secret State Series #1 
by Jan Karski 1944 :
“From The Secret State”


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 #29) Shocking News: 

#30) No Longer a Poland 1944:


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