Hunted in Warsaw
A Memoir of Resistance and Survival in the Holocaust
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About the Book
As a teenage Jew in Nazi–occupied Poland, Henry Gribou went to great lengths to conceal his true identity. Fluent in German and Polish, he acquired papers with a fake Polish birth certificate and became a master of slipping unobtrusively between the Jewish and non–Jewish worlds. In this chronicle of his remarkable double life, Gribou recounts his complicated relationship with the Nazi chemist who became his mentor, his parents’ death from German bombs, his efforts to smuggle food to his sister inside the Warsaw ghetto, his life and fledgling career as a chemist outside the ghetto walls, his involvement in the Polish Underground, and his marriage to a local girl who remained ignorant of his secret until after the war. Throughout, Gribou powerfully conveys his anxiety at being exposed at any moment, offering a vivid portrait of a man hiding in plain sight and an extraordinary perspective on the Holocaust.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Henry G. Gribou
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 228
Bibliographic Info: 12 photos, index
Copyright Date: 2012
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6977-2
eISBN: 978-0-7864-9070-7
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Prologue 1
Poland 5
1. Whipping Boy 9
2. Jewish in Warsaw 23
3. My Secret Weapon 34
4. Teacher and Savior 39
5. Instant Brothers 52
6. The Swedish Goddess 59
7. End of a Dream 66
8. My World Collapses 76
9. Waking the Dead 85
10. Knight in Nazi Armor 92
11. Rats in a Cage 99
12. A Life Split in Two 104
13. Another Door Closes 112
14. Nipping at the Nazis’ Heels 120
15. Walking a Tightrope 133
16. A Weekend in the Country 143
17. Joining the Family 155
18. Solo Wedding Night 166
19. “For Killing Our Jesus” 174
20. The Gestapo’s Knock 180
21. Lashing Out, at Last 189
22. An Ending, of Sorts 197
23. Lies That Wouldn’t Die 207
Epilogue. An Exposé of Ignorance 217
Index 221
