Karski

A young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, Jan

Karski joined the Polish Underground movement in 1939. He became a courier for

the Underground, crossing enemy lines to serve as a liaison between occupied

Poland and the free world.

In 1942, Jewish leaders asked him to carry a desperate

message to Allied leaders: the news of Hitler's effort to exterminate the Jews

of Europe. To be able to deliver an authentic report, Karski twice toured the

Warsaw Ghetto in disguise and later volunteered to be smuggled into a camp that

was part of the Nazi murder machine.

Carrying searing tales of inhumanity, Karski set out

to alert the world to the emerging Holocaust, meeting with top Allied officials

and later President Roosevelt, to deliver his descriptions of genocide. Part

spy thriller and part compelling story of moral courage against all odds,

Karski is the first definitive account of perhaps the most significant warning

of the impending Holocaust to reach the free world.

This new edition also

features a conversation with Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn, who played

Jan Karski in the play Remember This.