{"id":6949,"date":"2024-03-14T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:46:23","slug":"confessions-of-an-executioner-a-memoir-of-the-polish-home-army-book-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2024\/03\/14\/confessions-of-an-executioner-a-memoir-of-the-polish-home-army-book-release\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Confessions of an Executioner. A Memoir of the Polish Home Army\u2019 book release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>April 2024, Greenhill Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>This book is moral dynamite. It reveals not only what men can do in war but also what<\/em> <em>war can do to men<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><strong>\u2013 Norman Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Memoir of Stefan D\u0105mbski, a Polish Home Army executioner, with <strong>foreword by Roger Moorhouse and introduction by Marek Sobieralski<\/strong>. The book is not only a translation of D\u0105mbski&#8217;s harrowingly detailed memoirs, but also follows his transition from a young teenager into a seasoned executioner. It&#8217;s a <strong>moral tale filled with self-accusation and guilt<\/strong>, as this platoon-leader <strong>questions notions of heroism, patriotism<\/strong> and the very act of war itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stefan D\u0105mbski joined the Polish Home Army in 1942 when he was just 16 years old. The Home Army formed the military wing of the Polish Underground, the <strong>largest <strong>resistance movement<\/strong> in occupied Europe, <\/strong>established to fight the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">During this occupation, the Home Army passed death sentences on hundreds of individuals \u2013 both Nazi enemies and colluding Polish compatriots. As one of the few Home Army members who volunteered to carry out these death sentences, the young D\u0105mbski quickly became a seasoned executioner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Egzekutor-cover-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Egzekutor-cover-1.png 522w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Egzekutor-cover-1-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Get your copy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pen-and-sword.co.uk\/Confessions-of-a-Home-Army-Executioner\/p\/49785?utm_source=frontline-books.com&amp;utm_medium=subsite\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Roger Moorhouse<\/strong> is a historian and author specializing German and Polish history in WW2. 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