To the Bomb and Back : : Finnish War Children Tell Their World War II Stories / / ed. by Sue Saffle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Eskola, Emmi,; Hankkila, Juha,; Heino, Karina,; Holopainen, Veijo,; Hultin Barron, Marja,; Ilvesoksa, Soile Kiema,; Inkinen, Veikko,; Jaakkola, Eric,; Jakobsson, Anita,; Janser, Rauni,; Juntunen, Rauno,; Kalervo Broström, Martti,; Kaukinen, Sirpa,; Kettunen, Kirsti,; Korpela, Anne-Maj,; Korpi, Leena,; Kyllikki Palos, Virve Kaisu,; Lindgren, Eeva,; Louhimo, Pekka,; Louhimo, Peter,; Luoma, Mirja,; Merilahti, Marita,; Miller, Eine,; Mälkki, Seppo,; Nilsson, Helena,; Nordman Söderberg, Bodil,; Nyqvist Koivisto, Helena,; Pönniäinen Paine, Veijo,; Rahkonen, Ossi,; Rehula, Lea,; Rosnell, Kai,; Rullander, Gertrud,; Saarinen, Irma,; Siilasto, Kaarina,; Tarvala, Rolf J. E.,; Trent, Rita,; Tähtinen, Marja,; Törmänen, Jorma,; Wanne, Kaj,; Westerberg, Norman,
• HerausgeberIn: Saffle, Sue,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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