Historical
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Recently, I have read Stolen Years and The Journey- fantastic books. I have learnt so much more about the German invasion of Poland. The Journey is the same story that my husband's family took. Taken from Poland to Siberia and the hardships they suffered. My husband's father and two of his sisters died in Siberia through hunger and disease. My daughter and grand-daughter are going to read these books and learn so much about their ancestors. Beautifully written but oh so tragic. Very grateful reader. Thank you Ann Cieslicki
Thank You for the truth! I was glued from start to finish! I was spared the war years, but my parents and family weren't. Not all could talk about it and to have such a record is excellent for future generations! Thank You!!
I've just started to read the book. It tells the story of what happened to hundreds of thousands of Poles after the Soviets began deporting Poles from eastern Poland to Siberia and other parts of the then Soviet Union. It's a story I'm familiar with because it is what my parents experienced and told me about. I hope younger British Poles read it. My only criticism is that Polish spellings of surnames are changed for the benefit of the English reader, for example W is substituted with a V which does not exist in Polish. It's a shame because to a person of Polish extraction the names look Russian. This ought to have been explained in an introduction.