A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, Jan
Karski joined the Polish Underground movement in 1939. He became a courier for
the Underground, crossing enemy lines to serve as a liaison between occupied
Poland and the free world.
In 1942, Jewish leaders asked him to carry a desperate
message to Allied leaders: the news of Hitler's effort to exterminate the Jews
of Europe. To be able to deliver an authentic report, Karski twice toured the
Warsaw Ghetto in disguise and later volunteered to be smuggled into a camp that
was part of the Nazi murder machine.
Carrying searing tales of inhumanity, Karski set out
to alert the world to the emerging Holocaust, meeting with top Allied officials
and later President Roosevelt, to deliver his descriptions of genocide. Part
spy thriller and part compelling story of moral courage against all odds,
Karski is the first definitive account of perhaps the most significant warning
of the impending Holocaust to reach the free world.
This new edition also
features a conversation with Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn, who played
Jan Karski in the play Remember This.
