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Ashes and Diamonds (Polish original: Popiół i diament, literally: Ash and Diamond) is a 1948 novel by the Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. It was adapted into a film by the same title in 1958 by the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. English Read More..

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Description	Ashes and Diamonds (Polish original: Popiół i diament, literally: Ash and Diamond) is a 1948 novel by the Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. It was adapted into a film by the same title in 1958 by the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. English translation, entitled Ashes and Diamonds, appeared in 1962. The story takes place during the last few days of World War II in Europe, and describes the political and moral dilemmas associated with the soon to be suppressed Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1946).Jean Albert Bédé, William Benbow Edgerton, Columbia dictionary of modern European literature. Page 632. Columbia University Press, 1980. The protagonist Maciek is a soldier in the underground anti-communist Polish army assigned to kill the Communist Szczuka. The story follows Maciek's and other characters' actions in those ominous days.According to a Polish journalist Krzysztof Kąkolewski the original story was the killing of a Communist - and robber, Jan Foremniak, in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in January 1945. Jerzy Andrzejewski rewrote the book according to changing party teachings because he was an eager Communist at that time.
Description	Ashes and Diamonds (Polish original: Popiół i diament, literally: Ash and Diamond) is a 1948 novel by the Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. It was adapted into a film by the same title in 1958 by the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. English translation, entitled Ashes and Diamonds, appeared in 1962. The story takes place during the last few days of World War II in Europe, and describes the political and moral dilemmas associated with the soon to be suppressed Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1946).Jean Albert Bédé, William Benbow Edgerton, Columbia dictionary of modern European literature. Page 632. Columbia University Press, 1980. The protagonist Maciek is a soldier in the underground anti-communist Polish army assigned to kill the Communist Szczuka. The story follows Maciek's and other characters' actions in those ominous days.According to a Polish journalist Krzysztof Kąkolewski the original story was the killing of a Communist - and robber, Jan Foremniak, in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in January 1945. Jerzy Andrzejewski rewrote the book according to changing party teachings because he was an eager Communist at that time.

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Name	Ashes and Diamonds Popiół i diament
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Authors	Jerzy Andrzejewski
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Genre	Novel
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Language	Polish
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Country	Poland
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Publisher	Czytelnik
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Pub_date	1948
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Release_date	1948
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