Fuegner, Richard S.: A Nation Defiant Polish Resistance To The German Occupation Of Poland (Edina, MN, Beaver's Pond Press, 2014)
Ever since November 8, 2016, I have been steadily reading every piece of literature I can find in all formats (books, pamphlets, electronic media) which I am led to believe can be useful in the American Resistance against the illegitimate administration which is in control of the White House. I found Richard S. Fuegner's book in a general Internet search, ordered it, and read it quickly between reading the works of George Orwell and other writers on the subjects of totalitarian, dystopian, and repressive governments and methods to resist such governments. It is my considered professional opinion based on my education, training, and experience that the United States is being turned into a highly repressive regime in compliance with TRAITOR Donald Trump's perverted world view. No nation in Europe did a better job than Poland of resisting Adolph Hitler and the Russians during World War II. We have a great deal to learn from the actions of the Polish people during World War II. Richard S. Fuegner is an expert on the subjects of both Polish and general European Resistance during that war. He has published several books about World War II Resistance.
"A Nation Defiant..." is an extremely well researched, well documented, and well written work. Mr. Fuegner has studied this general topic for many years and his massive research effort shows all through the book. The book does an excellent job of documenting the Nazi and Russian invasions of the country, the wide ranging acts of repression and savagery which the Polish people suffered, and their determined and tireless resistance to those invasions. The country was jointly and simultaneously occupied by both Russia and Germany and the two armies consensually divided the country choosing to seize those areas nearest their own borders. They took every action possible to repress, oppress, and abuse the citizens of Poland. Murder, infanticide, torture, and imprisonment with little or no cause was common by both occupiers with Germany sometimes taking slightly more violent actions against citizens. But the Polish people, right down to relatively young children, fought valiantly and ceaselessly to impede German and Russian operations all across Poland. This book does an excellent job of telling the story of the Polish Resistance all the way from the initial Nazi invasion to the Warsaw Uprising and eventual liberation. It tell the story of how both Russia and the United States betrayed the Polish people by not assisting them adequately or expeditiously during the Warsaw Uprising. The Poles were led to believe they would be assisted with supply drops, an advancement of the Russian front, and bombing raids by both countries. These actions were not carried out at all or only in a limited way because both Russia and the United States were more concerned with their own tactical and territorial goals and thousands of brave Polish fighters were murdered by the Germans during the sixty-six days of the Warsaw Uprising. It is a powerful story and an even more important warning sign for any country such as the United States today which is under an ever increasing attempt to create a totalitarian state by the TRAITOR Donald Trump who, interestingly enough, appears to be colluding with Russian in his efforts. When mass roundups and deportations of relatively innocuous, harmless, and productive people are being staged daily, when multiple journalist in multiple incidents are being arrested for doing their job and covering public discontent, when threats are being made daily against the peace and dignity of the country by illegitimate occupiers of the Whiter House, it is the most important mission in the country to educate yourself and as many others as possible about all and any means by which American citizens can protect American Democracy and this book will help you to do that.
My one criticism of the book is that is was published by a small vanity press in Minnesota, Beaver's Pond Press, and the editing was not up to par. The book is a slick presentation with a nice cover, good printing, and acceptable illustrations which are numerous. But it is also loaded with many typographical errors, missing words, and other linguistic mistakes which a good editor would have corrected. The author, Richard S. Fuegner, is now 81 years old and the book was published three years ago in 2014, when he was 79. It is possible that at his advanced age Mr. Fuegner chose to use a vanity press rather than risk becoming disabled or dying before a traditional, major publisher could be found to publish the book. If so, that is a shame. Mr. Fuegner had a previous record of multiple published books and this book deserved a better publisher. But don't let the errors stop you from reading the book. It really is a masterful piece of research, organization, documentation, and writing. It is well worth the time and the money necessary to order and read it. It will teach you a great deal about what happened in Poland and what could happen in the next four years in America.
My one criticism of the book is that is was published by a small vanity press in Minnesota, Beaver's Pond Press, and the editing was not up to par. The book is a slick presentation with a nice cover, good printing, and acceptable illustrations which are numerous. But it is also loaded with many typographical errors, missing words, and other linguistic mistakes which a good editor would have corrected. The author, Richard S. Fuegner, is now 81 years old and the book was published three years ago in 2014, when he was 79. It is possible that at his advanced age Mr. Fuegner chose to use a vanity press rather than risk becoming disabled or dying before a traditional, major publisher could be found to publish the book. If so, that is a shame. Mr. Fuegner had a previous record of multiple published books and this book deserved a better publisher. But don't let the errors stop you from reading the book. It really is a masterful piece of research, organization, documentation, and writing. It is well worth the time and the money necessary to order and read it. It will teach you a great deal about what happened in Poland and what could happen in the next four years in America.
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