| Exile and Identity: Polish Women in the Soviet Union during World War II Contributor(s): Jolluck, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 082295950X ISBN-13: 9780822959502 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 940.530 |
| LCCN: 2002000568 |
| Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.35 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using firsthand, personal accounts, and focusing on the experiences of women, Katherine R. Jolluck relates and examines the experiences of thousands of civilians deported to the USSR following the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland in 1939. Upon arrival in remote areas of the Soviet Union, they were deposited in prisons, labor camps, special settlements, and collective farms, and subjected to tremendous hardships and oppressive conditions. In 1942, some 115,000 Polish citizens-only a portion of those initially exiled from their homeland-were evacuated to Iran. There they were asked to complete extensive questionnaires about their experiences. Having read and reviewed hundreds of these documents, Jolluck reveals not only the harsh treatment these women experienced, but also how they maintained their identities as respectable women and patriotic Poles. She finds that for those exiled, the ways in which they strove to recreate home in a foreign and hostile environment became a key means of their survival. Both a harrowing account of brutality and suffering and a clear analysis of civilian experiences in wartime, Exile and Identity expands the history of war far beyond the military battlefield. |