A Polish woman's experience in World War II : conflict, deportation and exile /
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| Author / Creator: | Protassewicz, Irena, author. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. |
| Description: | xxxv, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11782727 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Polish Terminology, Names and Pronunciation
- List of Illustrations
- Protassewicz Family Tree
- Maps
- Prologue
- Part 1. 1910 to 1939
- 1. Wars and reconstruction (1914 to 1925)
- 2. Education, home and the stirrings of love
- 3. All not quiet in the distant provinces
- 4. Warsaw: Relatives, love and a brush with dangerous politics
- 5. Waclaw Protassewicz: The last squire of Borki
- 6. Before the storm
- Part 2. 1939 to 1945
- Introduction to Part Two
- 7. 'The end of our world'
- 8. Under Soviet occupation (1939 to 1941)
- 9. Siberia
- 10. Joys and sorrows in Central Asia
- 11. From Persia to the Holy Land
- 12. From Egypt to Scotland
- Part 3. 1945 to 2016
- Epilogue: Exile and resettlement in Britain
- Postscript: Tying up some loose ends
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
