The Crime and the Silence by Anna Bikont
Part history, part memoir, part investigation, The Crime and the Silence is an award-winning journalist's account of the events of that day: both the story of a massacre told through oral histories of survivors and witnesses, and a portrait of a Polish town coming to terms with its dark past.
"An astonishing act of investigation and documentationIn the face of lies, denial and massive indifference, Bikont has established exactly what happened ... The result is a terrifying and necessary book, unsparing in its detail, but deeply heartening as an act of historical reclamation." * Julian Barnes *
"Scrupulously objective and profoundly personal." * Kate Atkinson, Books of the Year, Wall Street Journal *
"A powerful and important study of the poisonous effects of racism and hatred within a community." * Guardian *
"A masterpiece of historical journalism … A must read for anyone interested in the Holocaust and its aftermath." * Jan T. Gross *
"A hauntingly plausible contemporary history, tactfully delivering truths that we might all do well to contemplate." * Timothy Snyder, author of Black Earth *
"Scrupulously objective and profoundly personal." * Kate Atkinson, Books of the Year, Wall Street Journal *
"A powerful and important study of the poisonous effects of racism and hatred within a community." * Guardian *
"A masterpiece of historical journalism … A must read for anyone interested in the Holocaust and its aftermath." * Jan T. Gross *
"A hauntingly plausible contemporary history, tactfully delivering truths that we might all do well to contemplate." * Timothy Snyder, author of Black Earth *
Anna Bikont is a journalist for Gazeta Wyborcza,one of Poland's largest and most celebrated newspapers, which she helped found in 1989. For her articles on the crimes of Jedwabne and Radzilów, she was honored in 2001 with Poland’s most prestigious award in journalism, the Press Prize. In 2008 and 2009, Bikont was a Cullman Fellow of the New York Public Library.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785150111 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785150111 |
| Title | The Crime and the Silence |
| Author | Anna Bikont |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2015-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
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