Bibliograph

From exile to Eden, a family journal, Jadwiga Szelazek Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Szelazek Emerson

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From exile to Eden, a family journal, Jadwiga Szelazek Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Szelazek Emerson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From exile to Eden

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

828629069

Responsibility statement

Jadwiga Szelazek Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Szelazek Emerson

Sub title

a family journal

Summary

Combining history and hardship, battles and betrayal, miraculous escapes and death-defying encounters, From Exile to Eden chronicles one family's journey from deportation in Siberia to safety and freedom in America. On February 10, 1940, the Szelazek family was deported as prisoners of war from Poland to a Soviet labor camp in Siberia, beginning a 12-year epic journey that spanned countries and continents. In From Exile to Eden, Jadwiga Szelazek Morrison traces her family's harrowing yet inspirational flight from war-torn Europe beginning with two remarkable people-Tadeusz Szelazek born in 1909

Table Of Contents

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Part I: The Ancestry, Legends, and Early Memories of the Szelazeks; 1. November 20, 1918: Biala Podlaska, Lublin County, Poland; 2. November 20, 1918: Stannowo, Nieszawa, Warsaw County, Poland; 3. Summer 1920: Biala Podlaska, Lubin County, Poland; 4. Summer 1920: Stannowo, Nieszawa, Warsaw County, Poland; 5. Summer 1922: Biala Podlaska, Lublin County, Poland; 6. 1922-1927: Biala Podlaska, Lubin County, Poland; 7. 1927: Stannowo, Nieszawa, Warsaw County, Poland; 8. 1928-1935: Helena''s Developing Psychic Abilities; 9. 1936: The Prophecy of Symbolerus (Hermanta)Part II: The Approaching Exile and Fulfilling Fate10. Meeting and Marrying Helena; 11. A Stolen Visit Home; 12. Poland is Invaded; 13. The Last Days in Poland; 14. Traveling to Siberia; 15. Life in the Camp; 16. Geniusz; 17. An Offer Declined; 18. Waiting for Deployment in Uzbekistan; 19. Stationed in Persia; 20. Palestine and Italy; 21. A Baby is Born; 22. Avoiding Bullets; 23. War, Peace, and Relocation; 24. Life in England, Loss, and Progress; 25. Last Days in England; Part III: Coming to America: Predictions Fulfilled; 26. Life in the Tenements; 27. A New Home; 28. Brushes with Death29. Settling In30. A Tragic Accident; 31. Helena''s Dreams; 32. The Expanding Family; 33. Where There Is a Will There Is a Way; 34. Tying Up Loose Ends; 35. Fulfilling the Prophecy; 36. Helena''s Last Years; Epilogue; Bibliography; About the Author; Backcover

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