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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465599903321

Autore

Melnyczuk Lesa

Titolo

Silent memories, traumatic lives [[electronic resource] ] : Ukrainian migrant refugees in Western Australia / / Lesa Melnyczuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Welshpool, W.A., : Western Australian Museum, 2012

ISBN

1-925040-02-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Welcome walls, stories of migration

Disciplina

994.105

Soggetti

Ukrainians - Australia - Western Australia - History

Ukrainians - Migrations

World War, 1939-1945 - Conscript labor

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Europe

Electronic books.

Ukraine History Famine, 1932-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-319) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Introduction; 1. The Holodomor Years; 2. Survival; The birds stopped singing, the dogs stopped barking; 3. Life after the Holodomor; DP Camp 566 - Cornberg; 4. Long term effects of the Holodomor; 5. Manmade Famine as Genocide; Holodomor Panakhyda; 6. Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Acknowlegements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Silent Memories - Traumatic Lives is a quest for understanding, an attempt to make sense of the very emotional history of the Ukrainian post-war migrants to Western Australia. Ukrainian migrants arrived in Australia by ship between 1947 and 1951, from the Displaced Persons camps of Europe, survivors of the worst of the Soviet regime's atrocities, including genocidal famine, and only recently released from forced unpaid labour under the German Nazi regime. The testimonies of Ukrainian famine survivors included in this book reflect the findings of similar studies carried out in Ukrainian communi