At the start of the Second World War, Poland was invaded by both the German and the Soviet armies. The country was unable to withstand the assaults and thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians were shipped to labour camps and prisons, where starvation, disease, and mistreatment were their daily expectations. With the signing of an amnesty between the Polish and Soviet governments in 1942, many of these soldiers were engaged in rebuilding the Polish army, and travelled through the Mideast to fight in the Italian campaign. After the war, Canada accepted over 4000 Polish immigrant soldiers and their families who did not want to return to a communist regime in their country. This book is a moving oral history of the experiences of forty-five individuals during that transition period between the outbreak of war and their eventual relocation in Canada. Their memories of those times remain clear, not so remarkably perhaps, as they recount how they struggled in labour and prison camps, refugee camps, and exile in freezing northern climates, often arriving with the clothes they wore and nothing else. There are stories here of families torn apart and reunited, courageous escapes, underground resistance, friendship and emnity, and above all of survival. To read these memoirs is to understand how the inhumanity of war is confronted and defied by the indomitable human spirit.
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• Camp Vocabulary
• Fighting Poland (September 1939-May 1943)
• Dies Irae
• Gone with the Wind
• Resistance
• Rescue
• Auschwitz (May 1943-January 1945)
• Nos. 44786-9
• No Lilies for Mother
• Gifts and Secrets
• A Legacy of Herbs
• High Fever
• Designing a Dream House
• SOS
• From Winter to Spring (January-April 1945)
• Walking to Breslau
• Bergen-Belsen
• The Taste of Freedom (April 1945-June 1946)
• My Egg of Resurrection
• Concert for Survivors
• Capriccio Italiano.

Lilka Trzcinska was fourteen years old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. The daughter of an architect, Lilka was a high school student at the time. When schools were closed by the occupier, she, along with her siblings, continued their education in secret classes, and joined the Polish Home Army-- the secret resistance force. Lilka and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent to the political prison Pawiak, then to Auschwitz. There, Lilka's mother died and her younger sister was sent off to another camp. The rest of the family was put to work in the camp building offices. After being transported to a number of other camps (in one instance by a way of a three-day march), the three sisters were reunited in 1945, and shortly thereafter liberated by the British. Lilka later went to Italy to continue her education, moving to Canada in 1948. The Labyrinth of Dangerous Hours is the memoir of a survivor. Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon narrates her adolescence and that of her sisters and brother in a way that binds poetry and history together seamlessly. It describes the strength of the family ties and solidarity that help them emerge from their horrific ordeal with their dignity intact. As many as 150,000 Polish political prisoners were taken during the war, half of whom died in the camps. This memoir is a testament to their struggle.
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• ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on the New Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""The Letters""; ""Appendix""; ""Letter from a Spokesman of the Military Court""; ""Letter from Mrs. Hedwig Grimpe""; ""Family and Friends: An Annotated List""

• ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on the New Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""The Letters""; ""Appendix""; ""Letter from a Spokesman of the Military Court""; ""Letter from Mrs. Hedwig Grimpe""; ""Family and Friends: An Annotated List""

• Foreword by Neal Pease Preface by Author
• Part 1: A BETTER DAY HAS NOT COME 1.The Changes came quickly 2.The Camps 3.The Road to Uzbekistan 4.Fergana, Uzbekistan 5.The Meeting 6.The Journey 7.In Pahlavi 8.Teheran 9.Santa Rosa
• Part 2: WARTANOWICZ FAMILY VINEYARDS IN PODOLE 10.Eugeniusz Wartanowicz, an Armenian From Dzwiniacz 11.Jozef Wartanowicz and his Vineyards 12.Anulka, the daughter of Marian-a Podolan from Johannesburg 13.Seven Surviving Letters 14.Diary of Krystyna Wartanowicz 15.Persia 16.Joasia Born in Zambia 17.When it rained, the Ground Dried Quickly 18.Anna-a Podolan from Krasnica 19.Mieczek-Keys to the Mercedes tied with a Blue Ribbon
• Part 3: ANNEX 20.Jozef Wartanowicz: Fruit and wine Production of the Warm Podole 21.Edward Fonferko: Economic Conditions of Warm Podole from the Viewpoint of Interest of Town Intelligentsia
• Part 4: THE FATES OF POLISH FAMILIES: THE KRASICKIS 22.The War of 1939 23.In memoriam of Captain of the Polish Air Force Witold Krasicki 24.Janusz Krasicki - the Pilot and History friend 25.The Changes 26.The Memorable Flights of Glider Pilots Part 5:"LET OUR FATE BE A WARNING TO YOU": WANDA OSSOWSKA 27.The Little One from Neustadt-Glewe INDEX.
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The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having lost their husbands and fathers, their travails take them through Siberia, Persia, India, and then Africa, New Zealand, or Mexico.
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