Ram Oren

After the death of his mother, Michael Stolowitzky, a Jewish boy, and his devoted Catholic nanny Gertruda Bablinska embark on a harrowing journey from Nazi-occupied Poland to Palestine, where she intends to raise him as her own son, a promise she made to his mother on her deathbed, in an inspiring true story.

A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II

Gertruda's Oath

the life and death of a Mossad spy

Sylvia Rafael

Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, is only three years old when the war breaks out and his family loses everything. His father, desperate to save his business, travels to France, leaving his son in the hands of his mother and Gertruda Babilinska, a Catholic nanny who works with the family. When Michael's mother suffers a stroke, Gertruda promises the dying woman that she will bring Michael to Palestine and raise him as her own son. Written with the invaluable assistance of Michael Stolowitzky himself, "La promesa de Gertruda "re-creates the extraordinary trip that Michael and Gertruda took to survive. Gripping vignettes bring to life the people who help ensure their survival, including SS Officer Karl Rink who makes it his life's mission to save Jews after his own Jewish wife is murdered, and Dr. Berman, a Jewish physician who aids Michael and Gertruda during their worst times. A story of courage and moral strength, "La promesa de Gertruda" transcends history and religion to reveal the compassion and hope that miraculously thrives through a war with no apparent ending.

La Promesa de Gertruda: Un Nino, Una Promesa y Una Fuga Heroica Durante La Segunda Guerra Mundial

רם אורן

אות קין

Ashram

Moti Kfir

Niespotykanie inteligentna, zdolna, twarda i zdecydowana. Sylvia Rafael była jednym z najlepszych agentów Mossadu. Uczestniczyła w tajnych operacjach na Bliskim Wschodzie i w Europie. Należała do szwadronu śmierci, grupy likwidacyjnej, której celem było zabicie przywódców terrorystycznej organizacji Czarny Wrzesień. Emocjonująca historia jej życia wiąże się z najważniejszymi akcjami Mossadu. Książka ujawnia tajemnice najskuteczniejszej agencji wywiadowczej świata. Moti Kfir, współautor książki, sam był agentem i zwierzchnikiem Sylvii w czasie, kiedy wykonywała najważniejsze misje. Poznał od środka kulisy działań izraelskiego wywiadu.

Sylvia. Agentka Mossadu

David A. Perry

Stephen C. Hart

Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers; Conservation; Ecosystem services ; Climate change; Vegetation classification; Disturbance; Species interactions; Self-thinning; Genetics; Soil influences; Productivity; Biogeochemical cycling; Mineralization; Effects of herbivory; Ecosystem stability

Forest Ecosystems

In 1979 Robert Penn Warren returned to his native Todd Country, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had just been restored, ninety years after his death, by a special act of Congress. From that nostalgic journey grew this reflective essay on the tragic career of Jefferson Davis -- "not a modern man in any sense of the word but a conservative called to manage what was, in one sense, a revolution." Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back is also a meditation by one of our most respected men of letters on the ironies of American history and the paradoxes of the modern South.

The Life and Death of a Mossad Spy

This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation • Ecosystem services • Climate change • Vegetation classification • Disturbance • Species interactions • Self-thinning • Genetics • Soil influences • Productivity • Biogeochemical cycling • Mineralization • Effects of herbivory • Ecosystem stability

Gertruda lebt als Kinderfrau bei einer reichen jüdischen Familie in Warschau. Mit dem kleinen Michael erlebt sie eine unbeschwerte, glückliche Zeit. Doch als die deutschen Truppen Polen überfallen, beginnt eine dramatische Geschichte von Liebe, Angst, Tod und Hoffnung. Michaels Mutter nimmt Gertruda auf dem Sterbebett das Versprechen ab, ihn wie ihren eigenen Sohn zu beschützen und nach dem Krieg nach Palästina zu bringen. Wird sie diesen Schwur halten können?

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