The Polish experience through World War II : a better day has not come /
Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra, 1949-
The Polish experience through World War II : a better day has not come / Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Neal Pease -- Preface / by author -- A Better Day Has Not Come -- Wartanowicz Family Vineyards in Podole -- Annex -- The Fates of Polish Families : the Krasickis -- "Let Our Fate Be a Warning to You" : Wanda Ossowska.
The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having lost their husbands and fathers,
0739178202 (electronic bk.) 9780739178201 (electronic bk.) 1299553605 (ebk) 9781299553606 (ebk) (cloth ; alkaline paper) (cloth ; alkaline paper)
486610 MIL
1900 - 1999
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Poland.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Pologne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Aspect social--Pologne.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Poland--Social conditions--20th century.
Poland--Biography.
Pologne--Conditions sociales--20e siècle.
Poland.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives--Polish.
D811.5 / .Z48 2013
940.53/4380922
The Polish experience through World War II : a better day has not come / Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Neal Pease -- Preface / by author -- A Better Day Has Not Come -- Wartanowicz Family Vineyards in Podole -- Annex -- The Fates of Polish Families : the Krasickis -- "Let Our Fate Be a Warning to You" : Wanda Ossowska.
The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having lost their husbands and fathers,
0739178202 (electronic bk.) 9780739178201 (electronic bk.) 1299553605 (ebk) 9781299553606 (ebk) (cloth ; alkaline paper) (cloth ; alkaline paper)
486610 MIL
1900 - 1999
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
World War, 1939-1945--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Poland.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Pologne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Aspect social--Pologne.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Poland--Social conditions--20th century.
Poland--Biography.
Pologne--Conditions sociales--20e siècle.
Poland.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Personal narratives--Polish.
D811.5 / .Z48 2013
940.53/4380922