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Evacuees. Children's Lives on the World War 2 Home Front

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#233685
Titel	Evacuees. Children's Lives on the World War 2 Home Front
Auteur	Mawson, Gillian
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1783831537
ISBN13	9781783831531
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	On the outbreak of the Second World War, during the first week of September 1939 over three million people were evacuated. Operation Pied Piper was the largest ever transportation of people across Britain, and most of those moved to safety in the countryside were schoolchildren. Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees and this book includes the personal memories of over 100, in their own words. Their accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years. While many enjoyed life in the countryside, some escaping inner-city poverty, others endured ill-treatment and homesickness. A fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life, and a valuable oral history of a unique moment in British histo... (Lees verder)ry.
Pagina's	192
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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