Mia Swart, *On Bonifratrow Street: How a Boy from Lwow Escaped the Nazis: Based on the Life of Michael Katz*. Hannover & Stuttgart, Germany: Ibidem Verlag, 2024. episode artwork

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Mia Swart, *On Bonifratrow Street: How a Boy from Lwow Escaped the Nazis: Based on the Life of Michael Katz*. Hannover & Stuttgart, Germany: Ibidem Verlag, 2024.

from Dialogues in Holocaust Studies and the Second World War · host Ari Barbalat

Send us Fan MailThis work tells the tale of Michael Katz, a Jewish boy who survived by hiding 'in plain sight' on the streets of Warsaw after escaping the Janowska concentration camp in Lviv (Lwow) during the Holocaust. He adopted a new name to fit in and became part of the Polish resistance. Michael participated in the Warsaw Uprising and was among the last 200 individuals to evacuate the city. This book unveils his remarkable story.

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