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Beautiful balts : from displaced persons to new Australians / by Jayne Persian.

Beautiful balts : from displaced persons to new Australians / by Jayne Persian.
Beautiful balts :
Beautiful Balts tells the extraordinary story of these people, tracing their journey from the often chaotic camps of Europe after World War II to a new life in a land of opportunity where prejudice, parochialism,and strident anti-communism were rife. Drawing from archives, oral history interviews and literature generated by the Displaced Persons themselves, Persian investigates who they really were, why Australia wanted them and what they experienced.

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L994.05/PER
Adult Non-Fiction   Laurieton . Available .  
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Record Number 575485
ISBN 9781525250897
Author Persian, Jayne
Title Beautiful balts : from displaced persons to new Australians / by Jayne Persian.
Edition Large print edition.
Publication details Strawberry Hills, NSW ReadHowYouWant, 2017.
Pagination etc. xvii, 371 pages (large print) : illustrations, map, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Series Read How You Want
Summary Note Beautiful Balts tells the extraordinary story of these people, tracing their journey from the often chaotic camps of Europe after World War II to a new life in a land of opportunity where prejudice, parochialism,and strident anti-communism were rife. Drawing from archives, oral history interviews and literature generated by the Displaced Persons themselves, Persian investigates who they really were, why Australia wanted them and what they experienced.
Subject Immigrants -- Australia -- History
Refugees -- Australia -- History
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Australia
Europeans -- Australia -- History
History
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