Heniek: A Polish Boy's Coming of Age in India During World War II
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Author: Anna Bonshek
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 420
Heniek is the heart-wrenching true story of a Polish boy born in the eastern Kresy region in the 1920s. Following Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, Stalin seizes Poland's eastern territory. In 1940, at the age of 12, Heniek, like other children from the region, is deported to the penal camps in Siberia. Of the one million Poles condemned to hard labour in such camps, half perish. Facing a life of hell, sure starvation and disease, Heniek recounts his astonishing story of survival. Under a so-called 'amnesty', he makes a daring escape to Uzbekistan with his mother and sister, and then on to India. In India, Heniek lives as an orphan refugee in a camp created through the aegis of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Maharaja of Nawanagar. He is sent to an English school in the restful regions of Mt Abu, Rajasthan but as the end of the war approaches, Heniek has to make a choice. With Poland's future increasingly under Stalin's influence, Heniek finds himself setting sail for England. Is he ever to return home?
Author: Anna Bonshek
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 420
Heniek is the heart-wrenching true story of a Polish boy born in the eastern Kresy region in the 1920s. Following Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, Stalin seizes Poland's eastern territory. In 1940, at the age of 12, Heniek, like other children from the region, is deported to the penal camps in Siberia. Of the one million Poles condemned to hard labour in such camps, half perish. Facing a life of hell, sure starvation and disease, Heniek recounts his astonishing story of survival. Under a so-called 'amnesty', he makes a daring escape to Uzbekistan with his mother and sister, and then on to India. In India, Heniek lives as an orphan refugee in a camp created through the aegis of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Maharaja of Nawanagar. He is sent to an English school in the restful regions of Mt Abu, Rajasthan but as the end of the war approaches, Heniek has to make a choice. With Poland's future increasingly under Stalin's influence, Heniek finds himself setting sail for England. Is he ever to return home?
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Anna Bonshek
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 420
Heniek is the heart-wrenching true story of a Polish boy born in the eastern Kresy region in the 1920s. Following Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, Stalin seizes Poland's eastern territory. In 1940, at the age of 12, Heniek, like other children from the region, is deported to the penal camps in Siberia. Of the one million Poles condemned to hard labour in such camps, half perish. Facing a life of hell, sure starvation and disease, Heniek recounts his astonishing story of survival. Under a so-called 'amnesty', he makes a daring escape to Uzbekistan with his mother and sister, and then on to India. In India, Heniek lives as an orphan refugee in a camp created through the aegis of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Maharaja of Nawanagar. He is sent to an English school in the restful regions of Mt Abu, Rajasthan but as the end of the war approaches, Heniek has to make a choice. With Poland's future increasingly under Stalin's influence, Heniek finds himself setting sail for England. Is he ever to return home?
Author: Anna Bonshek
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 420
Heniek is the heart-wrenching true story of a Polish boy born in the eastern Kresy region in the 1920s. Following Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, Stalin seizes Poland's eastern territory. In 1940, at the age of 12, Heniek, like other children from the region, is deported to the penal camps in Siberia. Of the one million Poles condemned to hard labour in such camps, half perish. Facing a life of hell, sure starvation and disease, Heniek recounts his astonishing story of survival. Under a so-called 'amnesty', he makes a daring escape to Uzbekistan with his mother and sister, and then on to India. In India, Heniek lives as an orphan refugee in a camp created through the aegis of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Maharaja of Nawanagar. He is sent to an English school in the restful regions of Mt Abu, Rajasthan but as the end of the war approaches, Heniek has to make a choice. With Poland's future increasingly under Stalin's influence, Heniek finds himself setting sail for England. Is he ever to return home?
Heniek: A Polish Boy's Coming of Age in India During World War II