Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz

Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, an independent scholar, is the author of many books and the recipient of numerous literary awards, including a fellowship in literature from the Delaware Divisions of Arts and a Fulbright scholarship.

In Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm presents the fascinating and tragic real-life story of a Polish soldier and partisan hero, Roman Rodziewicz. Rodziewicz's life takes the reader from Manchuria to Poland, enlistment in the Polish army, service with the famous partisan leader Major Hubal, capture and torture by the Germans, and imprisonment first at Auschwitz and then Buchenwald.

Foreword by Matt DeLaMaterAcknowledgmentsPrefaceChapter 1. Early Life in ManchuriaChapter 2. Japanese OccupationChapter 3. Finally PolandChapter 4. Zofia's Dream - Roman's DreamChapter 5. Meeting Marshal PilsudskiChapter 6. More Education ProblemsChapter 7. Into the CavalryChapter 8. Learning to be a FarmerChapter 9. All About Bees and HoneyChapter 10. All About Lawski BródChapter 11. All About PartridgeChapter 12. Roman the HunterChapter 13. Harbinger of WarChapter 14. Decision to Join Colonel DobrawskiChapter 15. Under Major Dobrzanski's CommandChapter 16. Hubal - The Journal of Roman RodziewiczChapter 17. Warsaw Rendez-vous - HalinaChapter 18. A Belorussian OutpostChapter 19. The Unlucky BootsChapter 20. To Jail at WolozynChapter 21. Gestapo InterrogationChapter 22. To Prison in Stara WilejkaChapter 23. Train to Auschwitz, BirkenauChapter 24. Nightmares RelivedChapter 25. Numbered for LifeChapter 26. The Death of 30,000 Jewish WomenChapter 27. To BuchenwaldChapter 28. The Final Roll-Call-German FarewellChapter 29. Freed by AmericansChapter 30. On to ItalyChapter 31. Meeting Hubal's Sister and WankowiczChapter 32. Letter About HalinaChapter 33. Uncertainty to ReturnChapter 34. My Best Friend in EnglandChapter 35. English MarriageChapter 36. Visiting PolandChapter 37. Meeting With HalinaEpilogue