A Polish woman's experience in World War II
| Titel: | A Polish woman's experience in World War II : conflict, deportation and exile / Irena Protassewicz ; edited by Hubert Zawadzki, with Meg Knott ; translated by Hubert Zawadzki |
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| Beteiligt: | ; |
| Veröffentlicht: | London; New York; Oxford; New Delhi; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 |
| Umfang: | xxxv, 257 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten, genealogische Tafeln |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9781350079922 ; 9781350079939 ; 9781350079946 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- Foreword
- p. ix
- Acknowledgements
- p. xii
- Notes on Polish Terminology, Names and Pronunciation
- p. xiii
- List of Illustrations
- p. xv
- Protassewicz Family Tree
- p. xvi
- Maps
- p. xviii
- Prologue
- p. xxiii
- Part 1
- 1910 to 1939
- 1
- Wars and reconstruction (1914 to 1925)
- p. 3
- 2
- Education, home and the stirrings of love
- p. 19
- 3
- All not quiet in the distant provinces
- p. 35
- 4
- Warsaw: Relatives, love and a brush with dangerous politics
- p. 49
- 5
- Waclaw Protassewicz: The last squire of Borki
- p. 59
- 6
- Before the storm
- p. 73
- Part 2
- 1939 to 1945
- Introduction to Part Two
- p. 83
- 7
- 'The end of our world'
- p. 95
- 8
- Under Soviet occupation (1939 to 1941)
- p. 105
- 9
- Siberia
- p. 121
- 10
- Joys and sorrows in Central Asia
- p. 133
- 11
- From Persia to the Holy Land
- p. 147
- 12
- From Egypt to Scotland
- p. 161
- Part 3
- 1945 to 2016
- Epilogue: Exile and resettlement in Britain
- p. 169
- Postscript: Tying up some loose ends
- p. 203
- Notes
- p. 207
- Bibliography
- p. 242
- Index
- p. 247
