Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two Starns Penny
Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two Starns Penny From May 1940 the Children's Overseas Reception Board began to move children to safety abroad to Australia, South Africa,…
Specifikacia Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two Starns Penny
Oceans Apart: Stories of Overseas Evacuees in World War Two Starns Penny
From May 1940 the Children's Overseas Reception Board began to move children to safety abroad to Australia, South Africa, Canada and New Zealand. In addition, thousands of children were privately evacuated overseas. The scheme was extremely popular, and over 200,000 applications were made within just four months.
Letters home took up to twelve weeks to reach their destinations and many of these children were totally cut off from their families in the UK. The 'sea-vacs', as they became known, had a variety of experiences.After weeks at sea they began a new life thousands of miles away. Most found their new way of life to be a positive one in which they were well cared for; for others it was a miserable, difficult or frightening time as they encountered homesickness, prejudice and even abuse.This book reveals in heartbreaking detail the unique experiences of sea-vacs, and their surprising
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