{"product_id":"9781773102757-wandas-war","title":"Wanda's War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Untold Story of Nazi Europe, Forced Labour, and a Canadian Immigration Scandal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize (Non-Fiction)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to be exiled? For the landmarks of your past to disappear?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1943, Wanda Gizmunt was ripped from her family home in Poland and deported to a forced labour camp in Nazi Germany. At the end of the war, she became one of millions of displaced Europeans awaiting resettlement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnwilling to return to then-Soviet-occupied Poland, Wanda became one of 100 young Polish women brought to Canada in 1947 to address a labour shortage at a Quebec textile mill. But rather than arriving to long-awaited freedom, the women found themselves captives to their Canadian employer. Their treatment eventually became a national controversy, prompting scrutiny of Canada’s utilitarian immigration policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWanda seized the opportunity to leave the mill in the midst of a strike in 1948. She never looked back, but she remained silent about her wartime experience. Only after her death did her daughter-in-law assemble the pieces of Wanda’s life in Poland, Nazi Germany, and finally, Canada. In this masterful account of a hidden episode of history, Faubert chronicles the tragedy of exile and the meaning of silence for those whose traumas were never fully recognized. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40850550980705,"sku":"9781773102757","price":16.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33738003.jpg?v=1744388777","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781773102757-wandas-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}