We Don't Become Refugees by Choice - Mia Truskier, Survival, and Activism from Occupied Poland to California, 1920-2014 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book traces the life of Maria Mia Truskier, who fled the Nazis as a young Polish Jew in early 1940 and once safely resettled in the United States, became an activist for other refugees, earning renown in the Bay Area as "the oldest refugee" of the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant. Mia worked for decades assisting those fleeing from war, violence and hardship, mainly from Central America and Haiti. Based on extensive interviews with Truskier before she passed away, as well as memorabilia from her own lifetime, including coded letters, newspaper clippings, and old photographs, this book results in a complex and multi-layered oral history. As Mia drew on memories of her life in Europe and World War II, she was situating and constructing those memories while re-reading and discovering these artifacts alongside the author of this book, and ultimately relating the ways that she and her family years later sought to make a difference for other refugees, drawing a connection between two major eras of human displacement: the end of World War II and today.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Teresa A. Meade
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-084524-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > American history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Promotions
LSN:	3-03-084524-9
Barcode:	9783030845247

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