The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski
Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD! Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12. "At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." Publishers Weekly"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." Foreword Reviews "If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion. At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation." Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index
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The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski
Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD! Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12. "At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." Publishers Weekly"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." Foreword Reviews "If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion. At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation." Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index
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The Color of Courage: A Boy at War: The World War II Diary of Julian Kulski
Winner GOLD AWARD for Interior Design, and SILVER AWARD for Autobiography/Memoir at the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Awards! FINALIST Foreword Reviews IndieFab BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD! Foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa. Introduction by Chief Rabbi of Poland. Includes 11 short videos of original historical film and audio material via QR code and URL; more than 150 photos, maps and illustrations. Free, downloadable Educators' Guide correlated to Common Core standards, grades 9-12. "At once absorbing, inspiring, and tragic." Publishers Weekly"Poignant, haunting, gritty, and bursting with realism...brings a deeply moving and unique perspective to World War II." Foreword Reviews "If there is going to be a war, I do not want to miss it." So writes Julian Kulski a few days before WWII begins, in this remarkable diary of a boy at war from ages 10 to 16. As the war unfolds through his eyes, we are privileged to meet an inspirational soul of indomitable will, courage and compassion. At age 12 Kulski is recruited as a soldier in the clandestine Underground Army by his Boy Scout leader, and at age 13 enters the Warsaw Ghetto on a secret mission. Arrested by the Gestapo at age 14 and sentenced to Auschwitz, he is rescued and joins the commandos. At age 15, Kulski fights in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. He ends the war as a German POW, finally risking a dash for freedom onto an American truck instead of waiting for Soviet "liberation." Also includes: 2 Appendices, Contextualizing historical material, Discussion Questions, and Index
Julian E. Kulski was born in 1929 in Warsaw, Poland. A graduate of Yale University (M.Arch) and Warsaw Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Urban Planning), Kulski is a semi-retired architect who as taught at U.S. universities and consulted for World Bank. He has been published multiple times and is a frequent speaker. Kulski resides Washington, D.C.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland Foreword by Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Preface Publisher’s Note List of Maps List of Digital Extras Chapter 1 AGE 10: 1939—The War Begins Chapter 2 AGE 11: 1940—My Own Private War Against the Germans Chapter 3 AGE 12: 1941—Recruited into the Underground Army Chapter 4 AGE 13: 1942—Secret Mission into the Ghetto Chapter 5 AGE 14: 1943—Ghetto Uprising; Caught by the Gestapo Chapter 6 AGE 15: 1944—The Warsaw Uprising Chapter 7 AGE 16: 1945—German POW; Escape to Freedom Epilogue Afterword by Captain Mieczysław Morawski, Commander, Ninth Company Commandos Appendix 1: Family, Friends, and Polish Leaders Appendix 2: German Occupiers Historical Horizon: Poland in World War II—A Brief Summary Index Discussion Questions Author Bio_____________________________________________ List of Maps: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Europe – 1939 Poland – 1939 Invasion of Poland – September 1939 Occupied Poland, 1939–1941 Warsaw, 1939–1944 Warsaw Environs – 1940 Warsaw Ghetto – 1940 Warsaw Ghetto – 1943 Uprising 1944 Warsaw Uprising: The Beginning, Early August 1944 1944 Warsaw Uprising: Żoliborz, August 21–22, 1944 1944 Warsaw Uprising: Żoliborz, September 14–16, 1944 1944 Warsaw Uprising: The End, Early October 1944 Europe – Summer 1940 ____________________________________________ Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE List of Digital Extras: Chapter 1 – 1939 Warsaw Will Rebuild! Warsaw Mayor Stefan Starzynski Radio Address September 17, 1939 Siege: World War II Begins Excerpt from the 1940 Academy Award-nominated newsreel Warsaw Surrenders September 1939 German Victory Parade Warsaw October 5, 1939 Chapter 2 – 1940 Adam Czerniaków Warsaw Ghetto May 1942 Chapter 5 – 1943 Katyn Forest Massacre: German Propaganda April 1943 Katyn Forest Massacre: Masked Man Testifies U.S. Congressional Committee February 1952 Chapter 6 – 1944 1944 Warsaw Uprising: Polish Underground Army Radio Broadcast Excerpts August 24, 1944 1944 Warsaw Uprising: Poles Surrender 1944 Warsaw Uprising: German Propaganda 1944 Warsaw Uprising: American Report