This hitherto unpublished first-hand witness account, written in 1968-9, tells the story of a privileged Polish woman whose life was torn apart by the outbreak

The Polish Experience through World War II explores Polish history through the lives of people touched by the war. The touching and terrible experiences of thes

Exile and Identity focuses on the experiences of hundreds of thousands of Polish women forcibly transported deep into the USSR as prisoners or "special settlers

Using a very wide range of detailed sources, the book surveys the many different experiences of women during the Second World War.

Few people are aware that in the aftermath of German and Soviet invasions and division of Poland, more than 1.5 million people were deported from their homes in