A TRIP TO NOWHERE
TRUE STORIES OF A SECRET HISTORY
DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER 1.2 MILLION POLISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE ARRESTED AND SENT TO SOVIET LABOR CAMPS DURING WWII? WITHIN A YEAR, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM DIED. PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS LITTLE KNOWN STORY IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
LADIES' AUXILIARY
SEATTLE POLISH HOME
LIBRARY CAMPAIGN
OUR STORY - An Animated Documentary and Graphic Novel
The Documentary is Coming Soon to Viewing on Demand at Amazon.com!
A Trip to Nowhere
Shedding light on the forced deportation of over 1.2 million Polish women and children to the frigid Soviet labor camps of Siberia during WWII
Spearheaded by the Polish Ladies Auxiliary of Seattle, this graphic novel and animated documentary fufill a lifelong promise made by the ladies themselves - to bring this tragic and secret part of history into schools and libraries around the world.
Afraid to discuss their pasts until the early 1990's, the ladies share their stories of survival, outrage and heartbreak through candid interviews and vivid, animated recreations.
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A Trip to Nowhere is based on the personal journals of Krystyna Balut, Genowefa Kasprzyk, Jerzy Friedrich, Wanda Skrobecki, Joanna Brodniewicz, Barbara Strutynski, Ala & Iwa Wojewodzki, Maria Urbaniak,
Bozena Chodakowski, Anna Kochel & Romana Wal.
STORIES COMPILED BY:
Grażyna Bałut Ostrom
Martha Gołubiec
Krystyna Bałut
POLISH TRANSLATIONS BY:
Krystyna Wróbel
ILLUSTRATIONS BY:
Shannon Hart-Reed
Sample book pages - click to enlarge view
