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

• Autore: Melnyczuk Lesa
• Pubblicazione: Welshpool, W.A., : Western Australian Museum, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 994.105
• Soggetto topico: Ukrainians - Australia - Western Australia - History; Ukrainians - Migrations; World War, 1939-1945 - Conscript labor; World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Ukraine History Famine, 1932-1933
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Silent memories, traumatic lives
• ISBN: 1-925040-02-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792175503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II