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The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961 Paperback - 2004
by Gordon Swoger
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This is the story of the Polish national treasures - their evacuation from their homeland after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and their subsequent removal to western Europe and then to Canada. In February 1961 they were returned to their native land, twenty-two years after their wartime departure. It was indeed a long voyage home!-The Polish national treasures, evacuated in 1939 and eventually sent to Canada for safekeeping during the war, didn't return to their native land until 22 years later. Their journey was indeed a strange odyssey.
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- Title The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961
- Author Gordon Swoger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 236
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dundurn Press, Toronto
- Date 2004-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9781550025156 / 1550025155
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 9.08 x 6.06 x 0.55 in (23.06 x 15.39 x 1.40 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Polish
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005362085
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.540
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- Quill & Quire, 03/01/2005, Page 47
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