Leon Uris's Mila 18 (The Breathtaking Novel of Courage and Passion)

It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy--and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Leon Uris's blazing novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the compelling of one of the most heroic struggles of modern times. Based on real events, covers the Nazi occupation of Poland and the atrocities of systematically dehumanising and eliminating the Jewish People of Poland. The name "Mila 18" is taken from the headquarters bunker of Jewish resistance fighters underneath the building at ulica Mila 18 (18 Mila Street, in English, 18 Pleasant Street)."Not only authentic as history, it is convincing as fiction. The story of a sacrifice that had real meaning and will forever be remembered. A fine and important novel."--New York Times.