Parachuting into Poland, 1944 : memoir of a secret mission with Józef Retinger / Marek Celt ; edited and annotated by Wojciech Frazik ; translated by Jan Chciuk-Celt.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: D802.P6 C41413 2013

Overview

Summary: "This is a first-hand account, never before in English, of a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which Tadeusz Chciuk (writing as Marek Celt) parachuted into German-occupied Poland with the enigmatic political advisor Dr. Józef Retinger. "--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title: Z Retingerem do Warszawy i z powrotem. English
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Celt, Marek.
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
©2013
Locale: Poland
Contents: Prologue
Prehistory
With Captain Paisley in Bari
4.4.44
Salamander the conspirator
The tragedy of the Jews
Patient Joseph Brzoza
The third bridge
The end of the song.
Other Authors/Editors: Frazik, Wojciech, editor.
Chciuk-Celt, Jan, 1955- translator.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 201-208) and index.

Prologue -- Prehistory -- With Captain Paisley in Bari -- 4.4.44 -- Salamander the conspirator -- The tragedy of the Jews -- Patient Joseph Brzoza -- The third bridge -- The end of the song.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish. Diplomatic couriers--Poland--Biography. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Personal narratives. Biographies. Celt, Marek. Retinger, J. H.--(Joseph Hieronim),--1888-1960.

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