Word: warsaw
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...named Zosia and a beautiful aunt, Tania. But solidity melts away as the war and the Jew hunting begin. Maciek's father is evacuated by Russian troops. Tania becomes the mistress of a German officer. She and Maciek resettle as Roman Catholics in a nearby town, then flee to Warsaw when their protector kills himself to avoid being arrested for fraternizing with Jews...
...former FBI director and federal judge, Webster improved cooperation between the agency and the bureau on counter-intelligence matters. He increased to an all-time high the number of CIA officers involved in recruiting agents abroad. He also began reorienting intelligence priorities for a world in which the Warsaw Pact had collapsed and economic and Third World issues were becoming increasingly important...
...Blind Mayer" explains, "It's not the old Warsaw anymore. Gone, buried. Once everyone had his own territory. Now the worst lowlife comes here. Nobody knows anybody else...In my day, Commissar Voynov drank brandy with us. The sergeant used to bow to me and show me respect, may I live to be buried in a Jewish cemetary...
...lives up to the book's title--indeed, his amorality and ultimate powerlessness make his character supremely unsympathetic. However, Singer enables the reader to appreciate Max's society even as we grow to dislike him. The presentation of decaying Jewish Warsaw is thoroughly moving, perhaps more so because the culture was completely destroyed during World...
...quaint world of Scum--complete with its filthy streets and tortured inhabitants--is gone. But Singer, by capturing the mood of 1906 working-class Warsaw life and adding a dimension to the narrative, elevates this book from a mere sex-riddled tale to a significant social commentary...