Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Wielki Tydzień)

Type:

Book Chapter

Author:

Jerzy Andrzejewski; A Fiut; Ch Grabowski; M Levine; H Parmet

Published:

2021

He was born in Warsaw, where he lived almost all his life.At the University of Warsaw he studied Polish philology.Following his literary debut in 1932, Andrzejewski's first book, Unavoidable Roads, was published in 1936.In the late 1930s, Andrzejewski became increasingly devout, and his novel Mode of the Heart has been considered by critics as representative of "Catholic humanism" (Parnicki, 1938, quoted by Synoradzka-Demadre, 2002, p. XI).In 1938 he made a donation to German Jews fleeing their homeland to seek refuge in Poland.As a result, he was criticised by right-wing circles (p.XII).During the occupation, he took part in the underground cultural life of Warsaw.The stories he wrote during this period deal mainly with the reality of the warthe Nazi occupation, conspiracy, executions, and concentration camps.As Synoradzka-Demadre states, "these works share an interest in human attitudes under extreme conditions" (p.XIII).After the war, Andrzejewski's political views were influenced by Marxism, and starting in the mid-1950s, he actively took part in democratic opposition.

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