{"product_id":"inhuman-land","title":"Inhuman Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic work of reportage about the Katyń Massacre during World War II by a soldier who narrowly escaped the atrocity himself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of  Poles—men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and  impoverished—were released from Soviet prison camps and allowed to join  the Polish Army being formed in the south of Russia. One of the  survivors who made the difficult winter journey was the painter and  reserve officer Józef Czapski.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Anders, the army’s  commander in chief, assigned Czapski the task of receiving the Poles  arriving for military training; gathering accounts of what their fates  had been; organizing education, culture, and news for the soldiers; and,  most important, investigating the disappearance of thousands of missing  Polish officers.\u003cbr\u003eBlocked at every level by the Soviet authorities,  Czapski was unaware that in April 1940 many officers had been shot dead  in Katyn forest, a crime for which Soviet Russia never accepted  responsibility.\u003cbr\u003eCzapski’s account of the years following his  release from the camp and the formation of the Polish Army, and its  arduous trek through Central Asia and the Middle East to fight on the  Italian front offers a stark depiction of Stalin’s Russia at war and of  the suffering, stoicism, and bravery of his fellow Poles. A work of  clear observation and deep compassion, \u003ci\u003eInhuman Land\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the twentieth century’s indispensable acts of literary witness.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317233983870,"sku":"NW9781681372563","price":11.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781681372563.jpg?v=1778693216","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/inhuman-land","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}