1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780411803321

Autore

Trzcinska-Croydon Lilka

Titolo

The labyrinth of dangerous hours : a memoir of the Second World War / / Lilka Trzcinska-Croydon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4875-3011-0

1-282-02925-8

9786612029257

1-4426-8158-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesNorman <1939->

Disciplina

940.54/7243/092

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, German

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - Poland

Personal narratives

Biographies.

Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 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 coninue 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 than binds poetry and history together seamlessly. It describes the strength of the family ties and solidarity that helped them emerge from their horrific ordeal with their dignity intact."--Jacket.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020377903321

Titolo

Post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment : rebuilding for resilience / / edited by Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011

ISBN

1-283-17826-5

9786613178268

1-4443-4494-3

1-4443-4491-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AmaratungaDilanthi

HaighRichard

Disciplina

690/.24

Soggetti

Buildings - Repair and reconstruction - Standards

Disasters - Social aspects

Architectural design - Technological innovations

Architecture and society

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Capacity



development for post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment / Kanchana Ginige and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Capacity of the construction industry in post-disaster reconstruction : post tsunami Sri Lanka / Krishanthi Seneviratne -- Resourcing for post-disaster reconstruction : a longitudinal case study following the earthquake in China -- Yan chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa and Erica Seville -- Empowerment in disaster response and reconstruction : role of women / Nirooja Thurairajah -- Community-based post-disaster reconstruction : examples from Indonesia / Taufika Ophiyandri -- Stakeholder consultation in the reconstruction process / Nuwani Siriwardena and Richard Haigh -- Project management for post-disaster reconstruction / Udayangani Kulatunga -- Legislation for effective post-disaster reconstruction : case of New Zealand / James Olabode Rotimi, Suzanne Wilkinson and Dean Myburgh -- Post conflict reconstruction : challenges / Dilanthi Amaratunga and Krishanthi Seneviratne -- Private construction sector engagement in post-disaster reconstruction / Richard Sutton and Richard Haigh -- Knowledge management practices and systems integration / Chaminda Pathirage -- Restoration of major infrastructure and rehabilitation of communities / Kaushal Keraminiyage -- Sustainable post-disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste / Gayani Karunasena -- Linking reconstruction to sustainable economic development / Roshani Palliyaguru and Dilanthi Amaratunga -- Disaster risk-reduction and its relationship with sustainable development / Kanchana Ginige -- Conclusions and close / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga.

Sommario/riassunto

Disasters threaten all parts of the world and they appear to be increasing in frequency, scale and intensity. Despite huge improvements in the emergency response, permanent reconstruction is often uncoordinated, inefficiently managed and slow to begin. International agencies are geared to an efficient response in terms of humanitarian relief, but they are not well versed in the requirements of long-term reconstruction, which is often constrained by lack of planning and poorly coordinated management. The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disa