The Voyage Of Their Life [electronic resource]
Diane Armstrong2010
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In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel in
Marseilles to face an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. they came
from displaced persons camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labour camps in
Hungary, gulags in Siberia and stony Aegean islands. there were those who had
been hunted by the Nazis and those who had welcomed them; those who had followed
the Communists and those who had fled from them. the epic voyage lasted almost
three months and was marked by conflict and controversy until it seemed as
though this hellship had absorbed the traumas of its passengers. As the
conditions on board deteriorated, tension and violence simmered above and below
decks. But romances and seductions also flourished, and lifelong bonds were
formed. Diane Armstrong set sail on the Derna with her parents when she was nine
years old. Like a detective searching for clues, she has located over a hundred
of the passengers. through their recollections and...
Main title:
The Voyage Of Their Life [electronic resource] / Diane Armstrong
Author:
Diane Armstrong, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : 4th Estate, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (592 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780730450115
Language:
English
BRN:
437532
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