Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising

Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm is an independent scholar and the author of twenty-three books, including Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz: Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England and The Polish Experience through World War II: A Better Day Has Not Come.

Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising tells the story of one woman, whose life encompasses a century of Polish history. From Siberia, to the German occupation of Poland, to the Warsaw Rising, to a Soviet prison, to the rebuilding of postwar Warsaw-Kaia's memories are given life and context in this biography that sheds light not only on her life, but on twentieth-century Poland, as well.

Foreword by Bruce E. JohansenIntroduction: The Message of Isaac B. SingerChapter 1. Poles in SiberiaChapter 2. The Szemiot-Iljin FamilyChapter 3. Zaysan at the Foothills of the AltajChapter 4. 11 Months by Train from Siberia to PolandChapter 5. Poland, BialystokChapter 6. VilniusChapter 7. Warsaw, the 1930sChapter 8. Outbreak of the WarChapter 9. ZamoscChapter 10. Warsaw under the German OccupationChapter 11. The Hubal SoldiersChapter 12. Arrest of Modest and Death in AuschwitzChapter 13. "Buzzard", a Hubal PartisanChapter 14. The OrganizationChapter 15. The Warsaw UprisingChapter 16. "Thank you, I have a lollipop"Chapter 17. Eastbound Journey to BialystokChapter 18. ArrestChapter 19. NKVD Camp 41 in OstashkovChapter 20. Back from OstashkovChapter 21. After the ReturnChapter 22. Marek SzymanskiChapter 23. Inprisonments: the Lublin Castle and WronkiChapter 24. Released, then arrested againChapter 25. Finally, back to normal?Chapter 26. Rebuilding of WarsawChapter 27. Trips and TravelsChapter 28. Poland's Attraction: Kashubia and SudoviaChapter 29. Communism in PolandChapter 30. Marek, the Loyal Hubal soldierChapter 31. FriendsChapter 32. Animals and PetsChapter 33. Major Hubal's Virtuti Militari CrossChapter 34. FarewellsChapter 35. Marek's DeathChapter 36. Poland Independent, Poland Westernized: Fears and AnxietiesChapter 37. DepartingNotesAppendix: Images of Siberia and Warsaw UprisingBibliographyIndex