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To the bomb and back : Finnish World War II children tell their stories / collected, edited, and with an introduction by Sue Saffle

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Finnish World War II children tell their stories
Published
New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Saffle, Sue
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 -- The Work of Sorrow; 2 -- Unanswered Questions for a Finnpojke; 3 -- A Desire to Scream; 4 -- Horseshoes and Licorice Drops; 5 -- The Last Summer in Sweden; 6 -- Farting in Swedish; 7 -- Sugar Beets and Spettecaka; 8 -- Dragons in a Handbag; 9 -- A Good and Bad Hand; 10 -- The Red Shoes; 11 -- Bread in a Suitcase; 12 -- The Lucky Stain; 13 -- Paper Dolls; 14 -- The Woman in the Broad-Brimmed Hat; 15 -- Swedish Toys; 16 -- Goodbye to the Bombs; 17 -- Someone's Daughter; 18 -- To the Bomb and Back; 19 -- A Blonde Curly-Haired Girl and 20 -- Fishing with RagnarPhoto Section; 21 -- Black Birds; 22 -- Terror of the Dark; 23 -- Funeral Games; 24 -- The Woman in Black; 25 -- Understanding Backwards; 26 -- A Happier War Child Story; 27 -- No Easy Choices; 28 -- God natt, sov Gott; 29 -- A Lifelong Exile; 30 -- Take the Bed Down!; 31 -- Waiting for the Time to Pass; 32 -- Children's Prayers; 33 -- Send the Little Ones! -- 34 -- A Tale of Two Sisters; 35 -- Swedish Fish; 36 -- Horses in the Kitchen; 37 -- Rita, not Rauha; 38 -- Repairing the Clock; 39 -- Soldier Boy; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Between 1939 and 1945 some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation's soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all World War II children's transports, and although acknowledged today as ""a great social-historical mistake"" it has received surprisingly little attention. This is the first English-language account of Finland's war children and their experiences, told through the survivors' own words. Supported by an extensive introduction, a bibliography of secondary sources, and over two dozen photographs, this book testifies to the often-lifelong traumas endured by youthful survivors of war
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ISBN
9781782386599 (electronic bk.)
1782386599 (electronic bk.)
1789205166
9781789205169
9781782386582
1782386580
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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