Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 258 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350079953
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9781350079946
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9781350079939
Content:
"This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak of the Second World War and Soviet occupation. The account has been translated into English from the original Polish and interwoven with letters and depositions, and is supplemented with commentary and notes for invaluable historical context. Irena Protassewicz's vivid account begins with the Russian Revolution, followed by a rare insight into the life and mores of the landed gentry of northeastern Poland between the wars, a rural idyll which was to be shattered forever by the coming of the Second World War. Deported in a cattle truck to Siberia and sentenced to a future of forced labour, Irena's fortunes were to change dramatically after Hitler's attack on Russia. She charts the adventure and horror of life as a military nurse with the Polish Army, on a journey that would take her from the wastes of Soviet Central Asia, through the Middle East, to an unlikely ending in the highlands of Scotland. The story concludes with Irena's search to discover the wartime and post-war fate of her family and friends on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and the challenges of life as a refugee in Britain. A Polish Woman's Experience in World War II provides a compelling, personal route into understanding how the greatest conflict of the 20th century transformed the lives of the individuals who lived through it."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
List of Images -- List of Maps -- Foreword (by Professor Robert Evans) -- 1. Prologue (by Hubert Zawadzki) -- Part I - 1910-1939 -- 2. Chapter 1: Wars and Reconstruction (1914-1925) -- 3. Chapter 2: Education, Home, and the Stirrings of Love -- 4. Chapter 3: All Not Quiet in the Distant Provinces -- 5. Chapter 4: Warsaw: Relatives, Love, and a Brush with Dangerous Politics -- 6. Chapter 5: Waclaw Protassewicz: The Last Squire of Borki -- 7. Chapter 6: Before the Storm -- Part II - 1939-1945 -- 8. Introduction to Part II (by Hubert Zawadzki) -- 9. Chapter 7: 'The End of Our World' -- 10. Chapter 8: Under Soviet Occupation (1939-1941) -- 11. Chapter 9: Siberia -- 12. Chapter 10: Joys and Sorrows in Central Asia -- 13. Chapter 11: From Persia to the Holy Land -- 14. Chapter 12: From Egypt to Scotland -- Part III - 1945-2015 (by Hubert Zawadzki) -- 15. Epilogue: Exile and Settlement in Britain -- 16. Postscript -- Appendix A - Guide to Polish Pronunciation -- Appendix B - Family Tree -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350079922
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-350-07992-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Polen
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Frau
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Deportation
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Sibirien
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Schottland
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Geschichte 1914-1945
DOI:
10.5040/9781350079953
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