TY - BOOK AU - Eskola,Emmi AU - Hankkila,Juha AU - Heino,Karina AU - Holopainen,Veijo AU - Hultin Barron,Marja AU - Ilvesoksa,Soile Kiema AU - Inkinen,Veikko AU - Jaakkola,Eric AU - Jakobsson,Anita AU - Janser,Rauni AU - Juntunen,Rauno AU - Kalervo Broström,Martti AU - Kaukinen,Sirpa AU - Kettunen,Kirsti AU - Korpela,Anne-Maj AU - Korpi,Leena AU - Kyllikki Palos,Virve Kaisu AU - Lindgren,Eeva AU - Louhimo,Pekka AU - Louhimo,Peter AU - Luoma,Mirja AU - Merilahti,Marita AU - Miller,Eine AU - Mälkki,Seppo AU - Nilsson,Helena AU - Nordman Söderberg,Bodil AU - Nyqvist Koivisto,Helena AU - Pönniäinen Paine,Veijo AU - Rahkonen,Ossi AU - Rehula,Lea AU - Rosnell,Kai AU - Rullander,Gertrud AU - Saarinen,Irma AU - Saffle,Sue AU - Siilasto,Kaarina AU - Tarvala,Rolf J.E. AU - Trent,Rita AU - Tähtinen,Marja AU - Törmänen,Jorma AU - Wanne,Kaj AU - Westerberg,Norman TI - To the Bomb and Back: Finnish War Children Tell Their World War II Stories SN - 9781782386582 U1 - 940.53/161 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, Oxford PB - Berghahn Books KW - Children KW - Finland KW - Biography KW - Sweden KW - Finns KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, Finnish KW - Evacuation of civilians KW - HISTORY / Military / World War II KW - bisacsh KW - 1939 KW - 1945 KW - account of finlands war childrens experiences KW - bibliography of secondary sources KW - denmark KW - extensive introduction KW - finland KW - finnish children KW - great social historical mistake KW - historical nonfiction KW - largest wwii children transport KW - lifelong traumas KW - narrative account of finlands war children KW - over two dozen photographs KW - sent away to protect them KW - soldiers fought superior axis powers KW - soviet and german forces KW - sweden KW - wwii KW - youthful survivors of war N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Work of Sorrow --; 2. Unanswered Questions for a Finnpojke --; 3. A Desire to Scream --; 4. Horseshoes and Licorice Drops --; 5. The Last Summer in Sweden --; 6. Farting in Swedish --; 7. Sugar Beets and Spettecaka --; 8. Dragons in a Handbag --; 9. A Good and Bad Hand --; 10. The Red Shoes --; 11. Bread in a Suitcase --; 12. The Lucky Stain --; 13. Paper Dolls --; 14. The Woman in the Broad-Brimmed Hat --; 15. Swedish Toys --; 16. Goodbye to the Bombs --; 17. Someone’s Daughter --; 18. To the Bomb and Back --; 19. A Blonde Curly-Haired Girl --; 20. Fishing with Ragnar --; 21. Black Birds --; 22. Terror of the Dark --; 23. Funeral Games --; 24. The Woman in Black --; 25. Understanding Backwards --; 26. A Happier War Child Story --; 27. No Easy Choices --; 28. God natt, sov Gott --; 29. A Lifelong Exile --; 30. Take the Bed Down! --; 31. Waiting for the Time to Pass --; 32. Children’s Prayers --; 33. “Send the Little Ones!” --; 34. A Tale of Two Sisters --; 35. Swedish Fish --; 36. Horses in the Kitchen --; 37. Rita, not Rauha --; 38. Repairing the Clock --; 39. Soldier Boy --; Appendix. A Swedish War Child Administration Form --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Between 1939 and 1945, some 80,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden, Denmark, and elsewhere, ostensibly to protect them from danger while their nation’s soldiers fought superior Soviet and German forces. This was the largest of all of World War II children’s transports, and although acknowledged today as “a great social-historical mistake,” it has received surprisingly little attention. This is the first English-language account of Finland’s war children and their experiences, told through the survivors’ own words. Supported by an extensive introduction, a bibliography of secondary sources, and over two dozen photographs, this book testifies to the often-lifelong traumas endured by youthful survivors of war UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782386599?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782386599 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782386599/original ER -