Łukasz Tomasz Sroka is Professor of History, infobroker, Chairman of the History Discipline Council, and Head of the Department of 19th Century History at the Pedagogical University in Krakow. He also serves as chairman of the Committee for the Preservation of Monuments of Jewish Culture of the Society of History and Monuments Enthusiasts. He conducts research on the history and culture of Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries, Polish-Jewish relations, the history of contemporary Israel, Polish-Israeli relations and the history of Galicia (especially Lviv and Krakow). Sroka is the creator or co-creator of several international exhibitions on Jewish topics. His achievements include over 100 scientific papers published in numerous countries. He is the author of the monograph In the Light of Vienna: Jews in Lviv. Between Tradition and Modernization (1867-1914), (2019) and co-editor of the volume Polish-Israeli Cooperation Experience, from Zionism to Israel (2017).

Preface by Aleksander B. Skotnicki

Introduction

1. Mythical Krakow—Childhood (1926–1939)

2. The Hell of Extermination—Youth, Part One (1939–1945)

3. The Aliyah Time—Youth, Part Two (1945–1954)

4. In the Land of Success—The Mature Age (1954–2019)

Conclusion

Afterword

Bibliography