Of Bombs and Mice: A Novel of Wartime Warsaw

Mina Tomkiewicz

1955

Some two years ago Nata had been deported from Warsaw to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Now she was free, but still unable to come to grips with life, so newly regained, though in the first breath of freedom everything had seemed so wonderful.

The luxurious villas which they were entering were still being vacated by the expelled Germans, each…

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Mina Tomkiewicz

1915–1971

Mina Tomkiewicz was born to an affluent family in Warsaw. She began studying medicine at Warsaw University and then received a law degree. In January 1943, Tomkiewicz escaped from the Warsaw ghetto and hid on the Aryan side until she was caught and sent to Bergen-Belsen. After the war she moved to Palestine, contributing writings to the Polish press in Israel and London, and ultimately moving to London.

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