Hamtramck: The World War II Years

by Greg Kowalski

Book Overview

With a population made up overwhelmingly of Polish immigrants and descendents of Poles, Hamtramck was especially hardhit by the impact of World War II. Most of the city's residents had family contacts with the old country. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Hamtramckans reacted with shock and anger--and with a determination to see fascism defeated and Poland freed. Thousands of Hamtramckans fought in the war, hundreds died. And those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738551414
• ISBN13: 9780738551418
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"