Nocturne by Diane Armstrong1 May, 2008Herself a childhood refugee from WWII Poland, Armstrong is on familiar territory following the author’s earlier explorations of personal identity and the Holocaust. Teenage Elzunia Orlowski reaches womanhood through the deprivations imposed upon her by the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.
Voyage of Their Life by Diane Armstrong10 January, 2001This remarkable true story, told in two parts by one of the original passengers, commences one torrid summer's day in 1948 with the embarkation of over 500 European refugees from 15 countries, all bound for Australia on the SS Derna.