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Scattered: The Forced Relocation of Poland's Ukrainians after World War II
Diana Howansky Reilly
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Description for Scattered: The Forced Relocation of Poland's Ukrainians after World War II
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
Following World War II, the communist government of Poland forcibly relocated the country's Ukrainian minority by means of a Soviet-Polish population exchange and then a secretly planned action code-named Operation ""Vistula."" In Scattered, Diana Howansky Reilly recounts these events through the experiences of three siblings caught up in the conflict, during a turbulent period when compulsory resettlement was a common political tactic used against national minorities to create homogenous states.
Born in the Lemko region of southeastern Poland, Petro, Melania, and Hania Pyrtej survived World War II only to be separated by political decisions over which they had ... Read more
Following World War II, the communist government of Poland forcibly relocated the country's Ukrainian minority by means of a Soviet-Polish population exchange and then a secretly planned action code-named Operation ""Vistula."" In Scattered, Diana Howansky Reilly recounts these events through the experiences of three siblings caught up in the conflict, during a turbulent period when compulsory resettlement was a common political tactic used against national minorities to create homogenous states.
Born in the Lemko region of southeastern Poland, Petro, Melania, and Hania Pyrtej survived World War II only to be separated by political decisions over which they had ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299293406
SKU
V9780299293406
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About Diana Howansky Reilly
Diana Howansky Reilly has a master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University, in international affairs, and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Reviews for Scattered: The Forced Relocation of Poland's Ukrainians after World War II
'Reilly's narrative, written in short vignettes, is clear and balanced, and she successfully weaves the wider history into a rich fabric containing details of everyday life, stories of individual characters, and the rhythms and texture of Lemko speech. The result is a short, but skilfully crafted synthesis of family memoir and micro-history that is as interesting for its uncovering of ... Read more