Group of Twelve Ukrainian Publications from Displaced Persons Camps Post-WWII

Title: Group of Twelve Ukrainian Publications from Displaced Persons Camps Post-WWII

Description:

This group of twelve books and pamphlets, published in displaced persons (DP) camps across Europe, reflects the resilience and determination of Ukrainian refugees in the aftermath of World War II. Produced under severe shortages and censorship, these publications offer a vivid snapshot of the Ukrainian émigré experience during a period of profound upheaval. The books encompass a range of subjects, including history, literature, scouting, military memoirs, and humor, each contributing to the preservation of Ukrainian culture and identity in exile. Many of these volumes are enhanced by illustrations from prominent Ukrainian artists, capturing the educational and ideological aspirations of the DP community. Collectively, this set offers an invaluable record of Ukrainian intellectual and cultural activity, providing a rare window into the efforts to maintain national identity and continuity for future generations during a time of displacement and uncertainty. The group includes:

1. Manylo, Ivan. Koliuchyi Smikh: Baiky [Sharp Laughter: Fables]. Augsburg: Drukarnia Dmytra Sazhyna, 1946. Volodymyr Prokuda, illustrator.

2. Starosolsky, Yurii. Velyka hra: hutirka pro ideiu i metodu plstuvannia = The great game: campfire - yarns on the idea and method of scouting. Munich: Plastove Vyd-vo “Molode Zhyttia,” 1948.

3. Hohol, Mykola. Sorochynskyi iarmarok: Opovidannia z "Vechoriv na khutori bilia Dykan'ky" [Sorochintsi Fair: A tale from "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka"]. Munich-Regensburg: Vydannia Iuriia Iudym-Levkovycha, 1945. Konstantin Kuznetsov, illustrator.

4. Vezhi: Misiachnyk kultury [Towers: Monthly Journal of Culture], Issue No. 1. Munich, 1947.

5. Zahachevskyi, Yevstakhii. Spohady frontovyka: Odyseia siroho "koliaboranta" [Front-Line Memoirs: Odyssey of a Grey "Collaborator"]. Munich: Vyd. Brat. l-oi Ukr. Dyv. UNA, 1952.

6. Lysiak, Oleg. Brody: zbirnyk statei i narysiv za redaktsieiu Olega Lysiaka [Brody: A collection of articles and essays edited by O. Lysiak]. Munich: Brotherhood of Veterans of the First Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army (UNA), 1951. Myron Levytsky, book design. Original publisher’s cover and dust jacket.

7. Radzykevych, Volodymyr. Istoriia Ukrains’koi literatury: Nova doba (ch. 2) [History of Ukrainian Literature: Modern Era (Vol. 2)]. Munich: Vernyhora, 1947.

8. Tchaikovsky, Danylo. Khochu zhyty!: Obrazky z nimetskykh kontsentratsiinykh taboriv [I want to live! Sketches of Nazi concentration camps]. Munich: Ukrainska Vydavnycha Spilka, 1946. Edward Kozak, illustrator.

9. Kapustiansky, Mykola. Pokhid Ukrainskykh armii na Kyiv – Odesu v 1919 rotsi: korotkyi voienno-istorychnyi ohliad [The Deployment of Ukrainian Armies to Kyiv and Odesa in 1919: A Brief Military-Historical Overview], Vol. II. Munich: Vyd-vo Khvylovoho, 1946.

10. Novyna, P. Vovky: Fragmenty z khroniky odnoho viddilu UPA "Vovky" [Wolves: Fragments from the Chronicle of One UPA Unit 'Wolves']. Lyon, Paris: Vydannia ZCh OU, 1948.

11. Povstenko, Oleksa. Kyiv: albom arkhitekturnykh pamiatok nashoi stolytsi = The album of the architectural monuments of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Augsburg: Nakladom kooperatyvu, 1946.

12. Excerpt from "Novak Magazine, 1946 – 12 Pages.

Seller ID: 1258

Subject: Displaced Persons (DP), Ukrainian



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