Emmigration, Immigration & Migration

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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part II
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The Reckoning, Part II

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Rice Chest

The Rice Chest

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She recalls going back to her childhood home with her daughters. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Rooster

The Rooster

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She speaks about her mother and their relationship. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Tears of Heaven

The Tears of Heaven

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She learns of her father and sibling’s death and receives a letter from her father, which arrived months after their deaths. 5 $0.50 Add
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The Tiger

The Tiger

From: Three Funerals for my Father

The ghost of the author’s father shares memories and wisdom. He recounts the family’s move to Quảng Đức and the aftermath, including his experiences in prison and release. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Wild Place
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The Wild Place

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Winds of Change
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The Winds of Change

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … 12 $1.20 Add
Three Funerals for my Father

Three Funerals for my Father

Love, Loss and Escape from Vietnam

What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the … 232 View
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Trại Mát

Trại Mát

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes a a short trip to Trại Mát and reminisces on a time when her younger sister got very sick and was treated by her … 7 $0.70 Add
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Turkey

Turkey

From: Exile

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Two Faces

Two Faces

From: Man at the Airport

This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. 15 $1.50 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part One

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Two is about a writer named Vasyl (Andriovych) Kostashchuk, a writer and relative who remained in Galicia. Discussing his books Volodar dum selians’kykh (Ruler of Peasant Dreams) and Tam, … 17 $1.70 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part Two

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as … 13 $1.30 Add
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Vượt Biên

Vượt Biên

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He executes an escape plan. 6 $0.60 Add
Wanda’s War
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Wanda’s War

An Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal

In 1943, Wanda Gizmunt was ripped from her family home in Poland and deported to a forced labour camp in Nazi Germany. At the end of the war, she became one of millions of displaced Europeans … 256 View