In the Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust - Hardcover

Marshall, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684193205 ISBN 13: 9780684193205

Publisher: Scribner, 1991

Synopsis

Recounts the survival of a group of Jewish refugees living in the Lvov Ghetto, relating how they escaped the Nazis by hiding in the city's sewer system

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Review:

Marshall's enthralling account details the complexity of the carefully cultivated relationship with the young sewer inspector. Jerusalem Post A story of courage and survival during World War II. Baltimore Jewish Times

About the Author:

Robert Marshall divided his career between writing books and plays, and producing arts and history programming initially for the BBC and, later, live recordings of great theatre productions for cinema release with credits over the 100 mark. His writing career began with a series of radio plays, and a Play for Today 'Before Water Lilies' for the BBC in the 1970s. During the 1980s and 90s he scripted and directed over thirty programmes for the BBC, from documentaries to dramas including All the King's Men (1988) which was optioned by Stanley Kubrick, In the Sewers of Lvov (1990) which was made into the feature film In Darkness, and Storm From the East (BBC 1994) which was top of the Times non-fiction best-selling list for over two months. He became Executive Producer for The Globe on Screen, at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0684193205
• ISBN 13: 9780684193205
• Binding: Hardcover