"Mila 18"

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This paper discusses the novel "Mila 18" by Leon Uris which depicts the struggles of the Jewish residents of the Warsaw Ghetto, who in an effort to counter continued deportations to death camps, rose up against their German occupiers. It gives a brief biography of the life of the author and the research undertaken for the book. It provides a synopsis of the plot, an analysis of the protagonist Andrei and a comparison of the fiction in the book to real life fact. It concludes with various critiques of the book by the media.

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"The main characters of Mila 18 (the address for one of the resistance fighters) are Jewish residents of Warsaw, Poland, a city with the largest Jewish community in Europe (300,000 estimate). The book starts just before the invasion of Poland and the characters, mostly well-educated individuals, agonize over the events going on in Germany and the likelihood of war. The war started September 1, 1939 and Poland capitulated for all practical purposes before the month was over. The persecution of Poland's Jews began immediately. Even before the fighting had ceased SS Commanders were told to confine all of Poland's Jews to special areas."

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