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The Polish - American (Hardcover)
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The Polish - American (Hardcover)
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The author came to United States, for the first time, in 1943. He
was then ten years old. A US Navy ship brought him to San Diego,
California, straight from a concentration camp. Unfortunately, the
United States government did not let him remain. So he went to
Mexico, where he lived in a refugee camp for five years. When the
camp was terminated, he was compelled to struggle. In order to
survive, he held many jobs. At fifteen he worked as a roofer, a
logger, and a sawmill helper, neglecting his formal education
because of lack of time and opportunity. He immigrated to USA in
1951. This time he was allowed to stay. Here, because of his Polish
origin, he suffered rejection, degradation, and discrimination.
Here for the first time in his life, he was called a Dumb Polak and
a White Nigger. Here he was subjected to the so-called offensive
Polish jokes. This plus discrimination, rejection and degradation
made his life a never-ending torment, a hell on earth This
autobiography was written in the form of a novel, and it is a
continuation of author's first book: "A Journey Into Exile"-the
first part of his life.
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