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"Exile and Identity carries out a vital historical mission, resurrecting and coherently shaping the testimonies of long repressed victims-the Polish women (and men) who were arrested and deported by Soviet forces during the so-called 'phony war' in the west. Jolluck's valuable retelling of their stories is at once compassionate and analytical, commemorating their terrible pain and loss and critically reflecting on their remarkably consistent ideal of the good Polish woman. A missing chapter from the history of World War II that must be read."-Beth Holmgren, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Using firsthand, personal accounts, and focusing on those written by women, 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, labour camps, special settlements and collective farms, and subjected to tremendous hardships and oppressive conditions. In 1942, some 115,000 Polish citizens - only a portion of those initially exiled from their homeland - were evacuated to Iran. There they were asked to complete extensive questionnaires about their experiences. Having read and reviewed hundreds of these documents, Jolluck reveals not only the harsh treatment these women recieved, but also how they maintained their identities as respectable women and patriotic Poles. She finds that for those exiled, the ways in which they strove to recreate home in a foreign and hostile environment became a key means of their survival.
"Exile and Identity carries out a vital historical mission, resurrecting and coherently shaping the testimonies of long repressed victims-the Polish women (and men) who were arrested and deported by Soviet forces during the so-called 'phony war' in the west. Jolluck's valuable retelling of their stories is at once compassionate and analytical, commemorating their terrible pain and loss and critically reflecting on their remarkably consistent ideal of the good Polish woman. A missing chapter from the history of World War II that must be read."-Beth Holmgren, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Using firsthand, personal accounts, and focusing on those written by women, 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, labour camps, special settlements and collective farms, and subjected to tremendous hardships and oppressive conditions. In 1942, some 115,000 Polish citizens - only a portion of those initially exiled from their homeland - were evacuated to Iran. There they were asked to complete extensive questionnaires about their experiences. Having read and reviewed hundreds of these documents, Jolluck reveals not only the harsh treatment these women recieved, but also how they maintained their identities as respectable women and patriotic Poles. She finds that for those exiled, the ways in which they strove to recreate home in a foreign and hostile environment became a key means of their survival.
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