Lilka Croydon-Trzcinska - The Labyrinth Of Dangerous Hours: A Memoir Of The Second World War

Pros: a true account rich in detail; extraordinarily moving; beautifully written poems interspersed throughout narrative
Cons: a harrowing read in places; will move you to tears

Still in high school when Germany invaded Poland during WWII, Lilka and her two sisters, Marina and Zosia, and their eldest brother Tytus, became active in the Home Army, the Resistance movement in Warsaw. For their part in the Resistance, Lilka and her ...