{"id":554,"date":"2019-02-11T21:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:46:26","slug":"wojna-na-pieknym-brzegu-war-at-the-beautiful-riverbank","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/index.php\/en\/wojna-na-pieknym-brzegu-war-at-the-beautiful-riverbank\/","title":{"rendered":"Wojna na pi\u0119knym brzegu [War at the Beautiful Riverbank]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author: Andrzej Marek Grabowski<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Illustrator: Joanna Rusinek<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Year: 2014<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Publisher: Literatura<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Place of publication: \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Pages: 149<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
ISBN: 9788376722818<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Notes: “Wojny doros\u0142ych \u2013 historie dzieci” series<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cover courtesy of the publisher. \u00a9Wydawnictwo Literatura<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Andrzej Grabowski\u2019s novel tells the story of ten-year-old Krysia, who lives with her family in the Warsaw neighborhood of \u017boliborz. When World War Two starts, Krysia joins the resistance, distributing illegal pamphlets and confidential messages. From this perspective, she discusses life in occupied Warsaw, where childhood games and comforting daily routines prevail despite dire circumstances. One day, a women with her son, Janek, slightly younger than Krysia, moves into the girl\u2019s family home. It is revealed that they are Jews fleeing from \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. They hide away in the apartment for several days, but due to the threat of denunciation by a neighbor, Krysia\u2019s mom helps them find safer shelter. The story ends with the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising<\/a>, when Krysia\u2019s family is forced to evacuate the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

War on the Beautiful Riverbank<\/i> is based on the experiences of Krystyna Grabowska, the author\u2019s mother. From the afterword, the reader learns about the post-war life of the book\u2019s main characters, many of whom died towards the end of the war or soon after. In Grabowski\u2019s text, the Holocaust appears episodically, always seen from Krysia\u2019s perspective. On this subject, apart from the family giving shelter to Polish Jews, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising<\/a> in spring 1943 is mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\n

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