In September 1939, Germany and Russia invaded Poland from west and east. Thus began the Second World War, the worst thing that ever happened. Among those caught up in this catastrophe was a five-year-old named Basia Deszberg, whose father was a colonel in the Polish army, and whose brother was a lieutenant of artillery. Their story is told by Daniel Ford, an American author who as a young man knew Basia when they were students together at the University of Manchester in England. 'A Death in the Forest' comprises four chapters of a much larger work, which will be published later this year. It tells the story of how war came to Potocki Street in Lwow, in Poland's southeast; how Russian executioners murdered nearly 22,000 Polish men and women in one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War; and how the women and children were deported to the steppes of Kazakhstan, there to survive as best they could. With photographs, chapter notes, and a preview of the coming book. About 22,000 words.
- ISBN10 1300363223
- ISBN13 9781300363224
- Publish Date 23 January 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 December 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English