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Jan Karski's 1944 war memoir is a heroic act of witness: the courageous testimony of a man who risked everything for his country. At times overwhelming in the details it reveals of the suffering of ordinary people, it is an unforgettable and deeply affecting record of brutality, courage, and survival under conditions of extreme bleakness. During the first four years of World War II, Karski worked as a messenger for the underground, risking his life in secret missions. He was captured, tortured, rescued, smuggled through a tunnel into the Warsaw ghetto and, finally, disguised himself as a guard to infiltrate a Nazi death camp. 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If you wish to read about a man more courageous and honourable than  Jan Karski, I would have no idea who to recommend' Alan Furst        It is 1939. Jan Karski, a brilliant young Polish student, enjoys a  life of parties and pleasure. Then war breaks out and his familiar world  is destroyed. Now he must live under a new identity, in the resistance.  And, in a secret mission that could change the course of the war, he  must risk his own life to try and save those of millions.      'Insistently  asks the question: What would you do? Would you fight, or acquiesce, or  collaborate? ... Karski was deeply patriotic and ludicrously brave ...  an astonishing testament of survival' Ben Macintyre     'Karski's adventures are worthy of the wildest spy thriller' Daily Telegraph    'This eye-witness testimony is imbued with a passion that subsequent memoirs can rarely match' Financial Times     'Deeply moving' Daily Mail     'Reads like the screenplay to an incredibly exciting war movie - but it is all true'  Andrew Roberts","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537138753809,"sku":"GOR010235112","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49729096909073,"sku":"NGR9780241407387","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49963709137169,"sku":"CIN0241407389G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50302131699985,"sku":"CIN0241407389A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51469570310417,"sku":"GOR012966805","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51803703345425,"sku":"GOR011825199","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52343862591761,"sku":"NLS9780241407387","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52976772284689,"sku":"CIN0241407389VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0241407389.jpg?v=1751258960"},{"product_id":"story-of-a-secret-state-book-jan-karski-9781626160316","title":"Story of a Secret State","description":"Jan Karski's Story of a Secret State stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. 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