| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Finland.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Finland.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Finnish.
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives -- Finnish.
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Sweden.
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Children -- Sweden -- Biography.
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Children. |
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Sweden. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Children -- Finland -- Biography.
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Finland. |
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Finns -- Sweden -- Biography.
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Finns. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. |
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HISTORY / Europe / Western. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. |
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Evacuation of civilians. |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Saffle, Sue, editor.
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| Added Title |
Finnish World War II children tell their stories |
| Other Form: |
Print version: To the bomb and back. First edition 9781782386582 (DLC) 2014033560 (OCoLC)893974181 |
| ISBN |
9781782386599 (electronic book) |
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1782386599 (electronic book) |
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9781782386582 |
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1782386580 |
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1789205166 |
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9781789205169 |
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