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Silent memories, traumatic lives : Ukrainian migrant refugees in Western Australia /

Silent Memories - Traumatic Lives is a quest for understanding, an attempt to make sense of the very emotional history of the Ukrainian post-war migrants to Western Australia. Ukrainian migrants arrived in Australia by ship between 1947 and 1951, from the Displaced Persons camps of Europe, survivors...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melnyczuk, Lesa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2012.
Colección:Welcome walls, stories of migration.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Silent Memories - Traumatic Lives is a quest for understanding, an attempt to make sense of the very emotional history of the Ukrainian post-war migrants to Western Australia. Ukrainian migrants arrived in Australia by ship between 1947 and 1951, from the Displaced Persons camps of Europe, survivors of the worst of the Soviet regime's atrocities, including genocidal famine, and only recently released from forced unpaid labour under the German Nazi regime. The testimonies of Ukrainian famine survivors included in this book reflect the findings of similar studies carried out in Ukrainian communi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-319) and index.
ISBN:192504002X
9781925040029