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The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of these people are laid bare by straightforward, first-hand accounts, including not only the hardships of deportation and concentration and refugee camps, but also the price paid by the officers killed or taken as prisoners during WWII and the families they left behind. Ziolkowska-Boehm reveals the difficulties of these women and children when, having lost their husbands and fathers, their travails take them through Siberia, Persia, India, and then Africa, New Zealand, or Mexico. Ziolkowska-Boehm recounts the experiences of individuals who lived through this tumultuous period in history through personal interviews, letters, and other surviving documents. The stories include Krasicki, a military pilot who was on of around 22 thousand Polish killed in Katyn; the saga of the Wartanowicz family, a wealthy and influential family whose story begins well before the war; and Wanda Ossowska, a Polish nurse in Auschwitz and other German prison camps. Placed squarely in historical context, these incredible stories reveal the experiences of the Polish people up through the second World War.
List of contents
Foreword by Neal Pease
Preface by Author
Part 1: A BETTER DAY HAS NOT COME
1.The Changes came quickly
2.The Camps
3.The Road to Uzbekistan
4.Fergana, Uzbekistan
5.The Meeting
6.The Journey
7.In Pahlavi
8.Teheran
9.Santa Rosa
Part 2: WARTANOWICZ FAMILY VINEYARDS IN PODOLE
10.Eugeniusz Wartanowicz, an Armenian From Dzwiniacz
11.Józef Wartanowicz and his Vineyards
12.Anulka, the daughter of Marian¿a Podolan from Johannesburg
13.Seven Surviving Letters
14.Diary of Krystyna Wartanowicz
15.Persia
16.Joasia Born in Zambia
17.When it rained, the Ground Dried Quickly
18.Annäa Podolan from Krasnica
19.Mieczek¿Keys to the Mercedes tied with a Blue Ribbon
Part 3: ANNEX
20.Józef Wartanowicz: Fruit and wine Production of the Warm Podole
21.Edward Fonferko: Economic Conditions of Warm Podole from the Viewpoint of Interest of Town Intelligentsia
Part 4: THE FATES OF POLISH FAMILIES: THE KRASICKIS
22.The War of 1939
23.In memoriam of Captain of the Polish Air Force Witold Krasicki
24.Janusz Krasicki ¿ the Pilot and History friend
25.The Changes
26.The Memorable Flights of Glider Pilots
Part 5:¿LET OUR FATE BE A WARNING TO YOU¿: WANDA OSSOWSKA
27.The Little One from Neustadt-Glewe
INDEX
About the author
By Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm - Foreword by Neal Pease
