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Hanushka
Hanushka: Quest for Freedom is a true story that takes place during the time of Nazi and the Communist regimes in Poland. (Hanushka is a diminutive form of my formal name Halina.) The struggle for survival from an early age made me strong, determined, and even defiant when necessary. When I was a foreign language teacher at Reno high school, my students were always fascinated by my stories about the war. From these experiences, I know that young readers will enjoy the story and will gain insights into dignity, pride, respect, morality, desire for education, courage, loyalty and, above all, responsibility. Nv * Local Review An intriguing tale of war, occupation, family ties, love and determin...
The Garden of Shadows
This is the true story of an adolescent girl who grows up in a small town in south-eastern Poland during the 1930s, where she finds herself in 1939, when Nazi Germany launches an attack on Poland and the country falls prey to the invaders. She remains there living in different places and with different people, until 1948, when she emigrates from Poland. Many events unfold around her and in her narrative she portrays the reality of that day-to-day struggle to elude death and awareness that it is always there, just around the corner. And yet the book casts a positive and finally optimistic view on humanity - there is always someone compassionate willing to risk his or her life to save the youn...
Global Convulsions
Addresses issues concerning race, ethnicity, and nationlism in both their domestic and international dimension.
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Fleeing Home
Betty Sellnies, daughter of Heinrich Sellnies (b. 1901) and Marie Gutke, was born in 1931 in Pasziesen, Memelland (which was located between East Prussia and Lithuania). She immigrated to West Germany in 1944 and to Ontario in 1959. She married Carl Goos in 1963. They had two children.
Atlas of Medieval Europe
Covering the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, this is an indispensable volume which brings the complex and colourful history of the Middle Ages to life. Key features: * geographical coverage extends to the broadest definition of Europe from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes * each map approaches a separate issue or series of events in Medieval history, whilst a commentary locates it in its broader context * as a body, the maps provide a vivid representation of the development of nations, peoples and social structures. With over 140 maps, expert commentaries and an extensive bibliography, this is the essential reference for those who are striving to understand the fundamental issues of this period.
