He was sent on a death march to the Dachau concentration camp ahead of the Soviet advance, and in the spring of 1945 liberated by the US Seventh Army.

In a searing and shockingly satirical prose Borowski detailed what life-and-death felt like in the German concentration camps,[4] including his revelations about the poisonous relationships between the prisoners themselves.

[5] The short stories in his collection are linked by the themes as well as the presence of the main character Tadek, who serves the role of the narrator as well as the book's focal point.

Borowski, as described by his followers and people who knew him well, was a heart-centered leader and a man who nobly helped others and did not worry about himself.

Philip Roth was the general editor, and the series included authors such as Danilo Kiš, Bruno Schulz, Jiří Weil, and Milan Kundera, among others.