Author : Anuradha Bhattacharjee
Publisher : Sage Publications Pvt. Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789353881863
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (818 download)
Book Synopsis The Second Homeland by : Anuradha Bhattacharjee
Download or read book The Second Homeland written by Anuradha Bhattacharjee and published by Sage Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War presents the backdrop for this riveting account of displacement, migration and resettlement. Once the Soviet forces marched into Poland, thousands of Polish citizens were deported to slave-labour camps in the USSR. As news of their inhuman condition and ordeal spread, Jam Saheb Digvijaysinghji of Nawanagar, a Princely State in British India, opened the doors of his state and welcomed the orphaned Polish children. The Second Homeland chronicles the passage and sojourn of these young refugees. Readers will get an authentic account of their tribulations through the first-person narrative of a young Polish orphan′s hair-raising journey to India and his experiences during the stay. The book includes a historical perspective culled out from archival documents in India, the UK and Poland. This is a unique mix of a diary, oral history and historical viewpoint placed adjacent to a compilation of archival personal photographs. The book beautifully brings out a little-known aspect of European exiles in India during Second World War.