Jews in the Garden: A Holocaust Survivor, the Fate of His Family, and the Secret History of Poland in World War II

A farmer hid a group of Jews in his farmhouse. They survived almost until the liberation of Poland. However, a group came and and sought out the Jews shortly before the liberators game. This group was not made up of Germans, but instead local Poles. They killed the Jews and attempted to take their riches. Only one young girl survived. Little is known about her fate. This book covers the quest ( a half decade later) to find this missing relative. In process it also unearths details about Poland's past and current conditions.

Poland had a huge Jewish population before World War II. Jews had lived in Poland for centuries and numbered more than 10% of the population. In Warsaw, they made up one third of the population. Now there are just a few thousand Jews in the country. Many were killed during the Holocaust. Poles continue to look down on Jews even though very few remain in the country. Poland also feels that it was victimized in World War II and does not want to admit complacency in killing of Jews. Digging into details of the history of Polish atrocities can be quite the challenge.