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Author Melnyczuk, Lesa

Title Silent memories, traumatic lives : Ukrainian migrant refugees in Western Australia / Lesa Melnyczuk
Published Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Welcome walls, stories of migration
Welcome walls, stories of migration
Contents Preface; Introduction; 1. The Holodomor Years; 2. Survival; The birds stopped singing, the dogs stopped barking; 3. Life after the Holodomor; DP Camp 566 -- Cornberg; 4. Long term effects of the Holodomor; 5. Manmade Famine as Genocide; Holodomor Panakhyda; 6. Conclusion; Endnotes; Bibliography; Acknowlegements; Index
Summary Silent Memories - Traumatic Lives is a quest for understanding, an attempt to make sense of the very emotional history of the Ukrainian post-war migrants to Western Australia. Ukrainian migrants arrived in Australia by ship between 1947 and 1951, from the Displaced Persons camps of Europe, survivors of the worst of the Soviet regime's atrocities, including genocidal famine, and only recently released from forced unpaid labour under the German Nazi regime. The testimonies of Ukrainian famine survivors included in this book reflect the findings of similar studies carried out in Ukrainian communi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-319) and index
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Subject Ukrainians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History
Ukrainians -- Migrations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Europe
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Refugees
Ukrainians
Ukrainians -- Migrations
SUBJECT Ukraine -- History -- Famine, 1932-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003010182
Subject Europe
Ukraine
Western Australia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 192504002X
9781925040029