Dear Fellow ha-Safran members - Aquila Polonica Publishing specializes in publishing the Polish WWII experience in English.
We are now finalizing preparation of our next book, "The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery," by Captain Witold Pilecki, translated by Jarek Garlinski. This is the first time that Witold Pilecki's 1945 Report about his 2-1/2 year undercover mission as a prisoner at Auschwitz will be published in English. More info at: http://www.polandww2.com/auschwitz-volunteer/the-auschwitz-volunteer-about-t he-book Pilecki's report is an important primary source about Auschwitz, and we feel that it will be a prime candidate for inclusion in Holocaust studies curricula. We'd appreciate your feedback on whether we should include a list of Discussion Questions at the back of the book - in your opinion would it be: (A) a positive, i.e., enhance the book; (B) a negative, i.e., detract from the book; or (C) neutral, neither positive nor negative. You should know that we are already including the following supplemental material in the book: 1) a brief introduction along the lines of what we've put up on our website at the link above; 2) a more extensive Historical Horizon section entitled "Captain Witold Pilecki: The Report, the Mission, the Man" which gives more detailed historical background on Pilecki, his report, etc.; 3) a Glossary; 4) an index identifying most of the roughly 200 names associated with the code numbers used by Pilecki to protect identities; 5) a list of the German-language ranks and positions in the camp; 6) a Summary of the Contents (not a Table of Contents per se, because Pilecki wrote his Report as one long piece, without chapter breaks or section headings); 7) Translator's Note; 8) A Note About this Edition, explaining the editorial choices that we made in presenting the Report in this edition; 9) we have also commissioned a general index, which won't be worked on until the typesetting is finalized; and 10) we are planning about five maps, and two to three dozen photos. Thanks in advance for your assistance! Best, Terry Terry A. Tegnazian President Aquila Polonica (U.S.) Ltd. 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tel: 310-470-0770 Email: info at aquilapolonica.com Website: www.AquilaPolonica.com; www.PolandWW2.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PolandWW2 Twitter: http://twitter.com/polandww2 Aquila Polonica Publishing is dedicated to publishing, in English, the Polish experience of World War II with first-hand accounts, memoirs, photographs, artwork, poetry, literature and historical studies. New from Aquila Polonica! "303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron," by Arkady Fiedler "About as exciting as it gets.a must-read." -The Washington Times Winner of the top Gold Award for History at the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
