To the Bomb and Back: Finnish War Children Tell Their World War II Stories

Media type: E-Book

Title: To the Bomb and Back : Finnish War Children Tell Their World War II Stories

Contains: Frontmatter
Contents
List of 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
20. Fishing with Ragnar
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. A Swedish War Child Administration Form
Bibliography
Index

Contributor: Eskola, Emmi [Contributor]; Hankkila, Juha [Contributor]; Heino, Karina [Contributor]; Holopainen, Veijo [Contributor]; Hultin Barron, Marja [Contributor]; Ilvesoksa, Soile Kiema [Contributor]; Inkinen, Veikko [Contributor]; Jaakkola, Eric [Contributor]; Jakobsson, Anita [Contributor]; Janser, Rauni [Contributor]; Juntunen, Rauno [Contributor]; Kalervo Broström, Martti [Contributor]; Kaukinen, Sirpa [Contributor]; Kettunen, Kirsti [Contributor]; Korpela, Anne-Maj [Contributor]; Korpi, Leena [Contributor]; Kyllikki Palos, Virve Kaisu [Contributor]; Lindgren, Eeva [Contributor]; Louhimo, Pekka [Contributor]; Louhimo, Peter [Contributor]; Luoma, Mirja [Contributor]; Merilahti, Marita [Contributor]; Miller, Eine [Contributor]; Mälkki, Seppo [Contributor]; Nilsson, Helena [Contributor]; Nordman Söderberg, Bodil [Contributor]; Nyqvist Koivisto, Helena [Contributor]; Pönniäinen Paine, Veijo [Contributor]; Rahkonen, Ossi [Contributor]; Rehula, Lea [Contributor]; Rosnell, Kai [Contributor]; Rullander, Gertrud [Contributor]; Saarinen, Irma [Contributor]; Saffle, Sue [Editor]; Siilasto, Kaarina [Contributor]; Tarvala, Rolf J. E. [Contributor]; Trent, Rita [Contributor]; Tähtinen, Marja [Contributor]; Törmänen, Jorma [Contributor]; Wanne, Kaj [Contributor]; Westerberg, Norman [Contributor]

Published: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2015]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (326 p.)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781782386599

ISBN: 9781782386599

Identifier:

Keywords: Children Finland Biography ; Children Sweden Biography ; Finns Sweden Biography ; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Finnish ; World War, 1939-1945 Children Finland ; World War, 1939-1945 Children Sweden ; World War, 1939-1945 Evacuation of civilians Finland ; HISTORY / Military / World War II ; 1939 ; 1945 ; account of finlands war childrens experiences ; bibliography of secondary sources ; denmark ; extensive introduction ; finland ; finnish children ; great social historical mistake ; historical nonfiction ; largest wwii children transport ; lifelong traumas ; narrative account of finlands war children ; over two dozen photographs ; sent away to protect them ; soldiers fought superior axis powers ; [...]

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Footnote: In English

Description: 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 of 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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