- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: John Deyell Company
- ISBN-10: 0969158807
- ISBN-13: 978-0969158806
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #876,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Good chronology of Polish orphans, Aug 12 2005
By Lisa Avant - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Stolen Childhood: A Saga of Polish War Children (Paperback)
This book was very informative and especially interesting because my husband's parents were part of this transplantation of Polish refugees. They were treated horribly by the Russians and I am embarassed that we (the Allies) did nothing about it. But then, war was war, and refugees were a fact of life.Although this book was written many years ago it helps to keep us focused on the fact that the Jews were not the only ones trampled on during the war at the hands of Hitler; the Poles were trampled on at the hands of the Allies.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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You can feel the emotion, Aug 30 2007
By Penguin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stolen Childhood: A Saga of Polish War Children (Paperback)
I read this book when my Mother mentioned that it described her childhood. She was one of the orphans who lived through this saga. She was in tears reading it because it brought back so many good and bad memories. I was in tears realizing what my Mother went through. The details explained so much to me about why my Mother does certain things in the way that she does...like ironing sheets because that was the only way to kill the bugs on the sheets in Africa. This is a well written saga - almost a diary for my Mom.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Tear Jerker, Sep 26 2004
By Art2700 - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Stolen Childhood: A Saga of Polish War Children (Paperback)
I was impressed with the realistic quality of Krolikowski's story telling. He weaves in beautiful scenery and then covers many aspects of events including the mudane difficult life and many horrible, shocking events, as well as describing some political motives behind some events, and estimating the number of people affected and Soviet strategy to make it difficult to find and/or count everybody. A very emotional read for me. Everybody knows about Soviet troops waiting at the gates of Warsaw and allowing the Nazis to slaughter the Polish people, but this story about deportations to the outermost regions of the Soviet Union resulting in more than a million Polish deaths and 380,000 orphans, some of whom journey, impossibly, to far-flung primitive regions of British colonial Africa, is a must read.
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