TITLE:
Voices of the left behind : Project Roots and the Canadian war children of World War II / Olga Rains, Lloyd Rains and Melynda Jarratt.
By:
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
Toronto : Dundurn Group,
Physical Description:
238 p. : ill.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Voices of the Left Behind contains the personal stories of nearly 50 Canadian war children who have been helped by Project Roots. It is filled with fascinating archival images and documents as well as original wartime correspondence between the mothers, the Canadian fathers, and the Department of National Defence, Veterans Affairs, and other Canadian institutions. Letters from the war children to the Military Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada illustrate the historic pattern of denial. What these institutions all have in common is their consistent refusal to help war children find their Canadian fathers. Introductory essays frame the subject and give a historical context to the tragic situations these women and their children found themselves in.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781550025859
