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Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of survival / Stasys Jameikis ; translated from the Li...

Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of surviv...

Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of survival / Stasys Jameikis ; translated from the Li...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV58dXZ2b

Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of survival / Stasys Jameikis ; translated from the Lithuanian by Regina Share.

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Full title

Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of survival / Stasys Jameikis ; translated from the Lithuanian by Regina Share.

Publisher

Hobart : Baltic Research Foundation, 2017.

Uniform title

Traukinys rieda į amžinastį. English

Call Numbers

H 2019/3969

Record Identifier

74VKV58dXZ2b

MMS ID

991024271018802626

Language

English

Lithuanian

(Language of original)

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

168 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Content type

text

cartographic image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction -- Gathering storm -- Arrest -- A night for reflection -- "Destination unknown" -- Karelia -- Running a marathon -- The first casualties -- Illnesses -- In prisons -- Hard labour begins -- The wooden railway -- Black lake -- Christmas Eve in solitary -- Starvation - and beyond -- An omi...

Publication information

Publisher

Hobart : Baltic Research Foundation, 2017.

Date Published

2017.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

“During the 1941 mass deportations by Russia, 1.505 Lithuanian men were sent to the icy Arkhangelsk region in the Russian Arctic for forced labour. After thirteen years, only 11 of those 1,505 returned home to Lithuania. What happened to the rest? That was one of the better-kept secrets of the 20th century, while the global media remained silent. H...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Only eleven came back : an eyewitness account of survival / Stasys Jameikis ; translated from the Lithuanian by Regina Share.

Notes

General note

Maps on end papers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 168)

Language note

In English; translated from Lithuanian.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2019/3969

Record Identifier

74VKV58dXZ2b

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV58dXZ2b

Other Identifiers

ISBN

064696867X

9780646968674

DDC

940.540509

MMS ID

991024271018802626

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