| Victims of Stalin and Hitler: The Exodus of Poles and Balts to Britain 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Lane, T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403932204 ISBN-13: 9781403932204 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: There are a number of publications which describe the experiences of deportees in the Soviet Union, and a number which consider the culture and role of refugees from the Nazis in this country. There are none which connect the two. None, that is to say, which examine the experiences of the victims of Stalin and Hitler from the onset of the Second World War, when their countries were occupied, until the building of their communities in Britain after the war. This project traces the history of Soviet and Nazi occupation of Poland and the Baltic States from 1939 until 1945 and the immigration of Poles and Balts to Great Britain at the end of the war. It offers a comparison of the experience of the victims of Nazi and Soviet occupation and their afterlives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Baltic States - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 940.530 |
| LCCN: 2004044793 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.68" W x 8.74" (1.07 lbs) 281 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Baltic - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In contemporary Britain there are substantial ethnic minorities of Polish and Baltic origin, who arrived here shortly after World War II. Using official records and the words of survivors and their children, the author explores the reasons for their savage uprooting at the hands of Stalin and Hitler, their subsequent odysseys, and the reasons for their resettlement in Britain. This is a study of totalitarianism, political asylum, and the relationship of ethnic minorities to the host society, combining first-hand accounts with historical analysis. |