A Displaced Person
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Book 1: -
“….I can still remember the piercing shriek of aircraft as they swooped down on us, and the breath-catching panic when we had to jump into the roadside ditches. As mother pushed us out of the cart, my sister and I held hands as tightly as we could, while she held the little one in her arms. I don't suppose I understood why we had to be hurtled out like this, but I did understand fear. The kind of overwhelming fright that stops any screaming or crying until much, much later…” Book 2: - “ Here I was, a reasonably competent little `metricated' girl, suddenly being asked to figure out how much an apple would cost if the whole pound, of five apples, was priced at one-and-sixpence-ha'penny? To begin with, I only knew about fruit being sold in kilos not pounds, so that was confusing in itself. Any money I was hitherto familiar with was simply made up of a large unit divided into one hundred small ones, that's all, simple. But here was a whole array of monetary variations one had to grapple with: half crowns, florins, thre'pny bits, farthings, guineas etc. , as if they were the most ordinary things in the world. It was a nightmare!”
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This two-part book is a true-life account of endurance and survival. It recalls events that occurred in the middle of the 20th century, yet are still relatively unknown.
The first part deals with all the uncommon vicissitudes of the first ten years of the author's `stolen' childhood: deportation to Siberia, a trail through hostile lands, disease and poverty, from war-torn Poland to a safe haven in Egypt.
The second part illustrates the problems of adolescent years as a foreigner and refugee in a strange society. The joys and sorrows of a young girl trying to meet the challenges of harsh conditions, post -war rationing and adapting to life in England.