To the bomb and back : Finnish World War II children tell their stories /

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Between 1939 and 1945 some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation's soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all World War II children's transports, and although acknow...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Saffle, Sue (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Finland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Finland.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Finnish.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Sweden.
Children > Sweden > Biography.
Children > Finland > Biography.
Finns > Sweden > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Enfants > Finlande.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Évacuation des civils > Finlande.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Enfants > Suède.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Evacuation of civilians
Children
Finns
Finland
Sweden
Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives > Finnish
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1
  • The Work of Sorrow; 2
  • Unanswered Questions for a Finnpojke; 3
  • A Desire to Scream; 4
  • Horseshoes and Licorice Drops; 5
  • The Last Summer in Sweden; 6
  • Farting in Swedish; 7
  • Sugar Beets and Spettecaka; 8
  • Dragons in a Handbag; 9
  • A Good and Bad Hand; 10
  • The Red Shoes; 11
  • Bread in a Suitcase; 12
  • The Lucky Stain; 13
  • Paper Dolls; 14
  • The Woman in the Broad-Brimmed Hat; 15
  • Swedish Toys; 16
  • Goodbye to the Bombs; 17
  • Someone's Daughter; 18
  • To the Bomb and Back; 19
  • A Blonde Curly-Haired Girl
  • 20
  • Fishing with RagnarPhoto Section; 21
  • Black Birds; 22
  • Terror of the Dark; 23
  • Funeral Games; 24
  • The Woman in Black; 25
  • Understanding Backwards; 26
  • A Happier War Child Story; 27
  • No Easy Choices; 28
  • God natt, sov Gott; 29
  • A Lifelong Exile; 30
  • Take the Bed Down!; 31
  • Waiting for the Time to Pass; 32
  • Children's Prayers; 33
  • Send the Little Ones!
  • 34
  • A Tale of Two Sisters; 35
  • Swedish Fish; 36
  • Horses in the Kitchen; 37
  • Rita, not Rauha; 38
  • Repairing the Clock; 39
  • Soldier Boy; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

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