World War II veteran, Jarek Piekalkiewicz fought with the Polish resistance during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and was held as a prisoner of war in Germany until liberated by U.S. forces on April 1, 1945. Piekalkiewicz, who is pictured on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, is a subject of a new book, Needle in the Bone, by Lawrence author, Caryn Miriam Goldberg. The book explores stories of survival and a friendship between Piekalkiewicz and Holocaust survivor Lou Frydman. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo
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