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“A powerful and very challenging work, which confronts the difficult issues surrounding Jewish converts to Christianity in both a scholarly and sympathetic manner. Dembowski's work functions as both micro-history and memorial. It is a challenging social history which adds scholastic value, and it will serve as an aid to all those who have interests in the fields of Jewish-Christian relations and the Shoah.” —European History Quarterly
Peter F. Dembowski is Distinguished Service Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, Dembowski was involved in the underground activities of the Polish Home Army and participated in the Polish uprising. He was twice a prisoner of the Germans—first at the infamous prison known as Pawiak, where comrades bribed corrupt Gestapo officials to win his freedom, and later at Stalag XB Sandbostel, where he remained until the prison was liberated by the British. Upon liberation, Dembowski joined the Polish Army in the West. For his war service, he was decorated twice with the Polish Cross of Valor and the Silver Service Cross with Swords.