Exile and Identity: Polish Women in the Soviet Union during World War II

by Katherine R. Jolluck

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082295950X
• ISBN13: 9780822959502
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"