TY - BOOK AU - Trzcinska-Croydon,Lilka AU - Davies,Norman TI - The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours: A Memoir of the Second World War SN - 9781442681583 AV - D805.G3 T793 2004 U1 - 940.54/7243/092 PY - 2004/// CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Trzcinska-Croydon, Lilka KW - Auschwitz (Concentration camp) KW - World War, 1939-1945-Prisoners and prisons, German KW - World War, 1939-1945-Personal narratives, Polish KW - World War, 1939-1945-Underground movements-Poland KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GUIDE TO PRONUNCIATION -- CAMP VOCABULARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I: Fighting Poland (September 1939-May 1943) -- 1 Dies Irae -- 2 Gone with the Wind -- 3 Resistance -- 4 Rescue -- Part II: Auschwitz (May 1943-January 1945) -- 5 Nos. 44786-9 -- 6 No Lilies for Mother -- 7 Gifts and Secrets -- 8 A Legacy of Herbs -- 9 High Fever -- 10 Designing a Dream House -- 11 SOS -- Part III: From Winter to Spring (January-April 1945) -- 12 Walking to Breslau -- 13 Bergen-Belsen -- Part IV: The Taste of Freedom (April 1945-June 1946) -- 14 My Egg of Resurrection -- 15 Concert for Survivors -- 16 Capriccio Italiano -- EPILOGUE -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- Illustrations N2 - As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4672085 ER -