Book description
This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak of the Second World War and Soviet occupation. The account has been translated into English from the original Polish and interwoven with letters and depositions,ā¦
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This account covers pretty much the same period of history as in my own protagonistās tale, beginning with revolution in Russia and its impact on the lives of privileged Polish families.
She describes her life in the family home between the wars and then the exile to Siberia. As a woman, her experiences were different from much of what I had read before and filled with the useful details of everyday life that help to create a vivid picture of a world that was in reality in colour, but we only ever see in the sepia of old photographs.
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From R. M.'s list on accounts of the Stalinist Siberian Deportations.
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