Silent no more
Subtitle: personal narratives of German women who survived WWII expulsion and deportation
By: Erika Vora
Publisher: Xlibris Corp.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [U.S.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781477137819; 9781477137802; 9781477137826
Subjects: Deportation; History; Forced migration; World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives; Refugees; German Personal narratives; Deportations from Germany; Deportations from Romania; Deportations from Yugoslavia; Deportations from Czechoslovakia; Deportations from Poland; Women
Description: This book reveals the living history of thirty-three German survivors who were deported from their homes in Romania and Yugoslavia, expelled from their homes in Czechoslovakia, and had to flee from their homes in Poland and eastern Germany.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-428).
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Romania. Brief history of Romania and deportation of ethnic Germans; title: Personal narratives of ethnic Germans deported from Romania to Russia; title: Personal narratives of ethnic Germans deported to the Bărăgan Romania; title: Yugoslavia. Brief history of Yugoslavia and ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia; title: Personal narrative of an ethnic German deported from Yugoslavia to Russia; title: Brief history of Czechoslovakia and ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia; title: Personal narratives of the expulsion of ethnic Germans form Czechoslovakia; title: The perspective of a local Bavarian on the flood of refugees; title: Germany. Brief history of East Prussia and Silesia, Germany and the expulsion of Germans; title: Personal narratives of the flight from Silesia, Germany; title: Personal narratives of the flight from East Prussia, Germany; title: Brief history of Pomerania, Germany and the expulsion of Germans; title: Personal narrative of the flight from Pomerania, Germany; title: Poland. Brief history of the Warthegau, Poland flight and expulsion of ethnic Germans; title: Excerpts of a personal narrative of the flight from the Warthegau, Poland; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix 1: Slave song 1 (in German) ; Slave song 2 (in German) ; Appendix 2: Map of Romania ; Map of Germany 1914 ; Map of Germany 1950.