Zimmerman examines the attitude and behavior of the Polish Underground towards the Jews during the Holocaust.

Introduction; Part I. The Polish Underground and the Jews under the German-Soviet Partition, 1939-41: 1. Polish politics and the 'Jewish question', 1936-9; 2. Formation of the Polish resistance movement, September 1939-June 1941; 3. The Polish Underground and the Jews, October 1939-June 1941; 4. From ghettoization to mass murder, June-December 1941: the Polish Underground and the prelude to the Nazi Final Solution; 5. The Polish Underground's initial response to the Nazi Final Solution, December 1941-July 1942; Part II. The Polish Underground and the Jews under Nazi Rule, 1941-5: 6. The Great Deportations from the Warsaw ghetto and their aftermath, July-December 1942; 7. Transformation of the Polish Underground policies towards the Jews, November 1942-April 1943; 8. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the Polish Underground, April 19-May 15, 1943; 9. In the aftermath of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, May-November 1943; 10. When the Home Army turned its guns on the Jews; 11. When the Polish Underground helped the Jews: institutional aid; 12. When the Polish Underground helped the Jews: individual aid; 13. The Polish Underground and the Jews, Fall 1943-July 1944; 14. The Polish Underground and the Jews from the Warsaw Uprising to the dissolution of the Home Army, August 1944-January 1945; Conclusion.