Originally published in Poland in 1948, and acclaimed as one of the finest postwar Polish novels, Ashes and Diamonds takes place in the spring of 1945, as the nation is in the throes of its transforma
At the height of the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, a young Jewish woman, Irena, seeks the protection of her former lover, a young architect, Jan Malecki. By taking her in, he puts
During the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, architect Jan Malecki takes in a young Jewish woman - and former lover - Irena Lilien, putting his own life and the safety of his family at
