Building the Barricade

by Anna Świrszczyńska

Building the Barricade, is a seminal collection of poetry of witness. Building the Barricade is a lyric account of the sixty-three day Warsaw uprising. Caught between German occupation and the advancing Soviets, the Polish Resistance Home Army barricaded central Warsaw in hopes of liberating the city and gaining Polish sovereignty. Świrszczyńska joined the Polish Resistance movement as a military nurse during the Uprising. This is her first-person...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945680687
• ISBN13: 9781945680687
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: White Pine Press (NY)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"