The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961Dundurn, 1 paź 2004 - 236 The Strange Odyssey of Poland’s National Treasures, 1939-1961 tells the story of the Polish national treasures –their evacuation from their homeland under perilous conditions after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and their subsequent removal to western Europe and then to Canada. At the end of the war two Polish governments, a Communist one in Warsaw and a non-Communist one in London, vied for control of the national treasures. Before long the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, the RCMP, and the Canadian and Quebec governments all became involved in the desperate hide-and-seek confrontation between the two Polish governments. Eventually, in February 1961, the release of the historic treasures was negotiated and they were returned to their native land, twenty-two years after their wartime departure. It was indeed a long voyage home! |
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CHAPTER TWO Escape | 25 |
CHAPTER THREE Tough Decisions | 31 |
CHAPTER FOUR Further Voyaging | 39 |
CHAPTER FIVE Sojourn in France | 44 |
CHAPTER SIX On the Road Again | 48 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A Bird in the Bush | 103 |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Premier of Quebec | 109 |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Political Manoeuvring | 113 |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN International Repercussions | 119 |
Photo Section 3 | 120 |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Caretaking | 126 |
CHAPTER NINETEEN Confrontation Again | 138 |
CHAPTER TWENTY Détente | 143 |
Photo Section 2 | 56 |
CHAPTER SEVEN Canada A Safe Haven | 57 |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Fortunes of War | 67 |
CHAPTER NINE Missing Treasures | 74 |
CHAPTER TEN The Canadian Response | 80 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Search | 85 |
CHAPTER TWELVE Questions Asked | 93 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Bird in the Hand | 99 |
CHAPTER TWENTYONE A Musical Interlude | 151 |
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO The End of the Affair | 161 |
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE The Homecoming | 174 |
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR Postlude | 185 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 189 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 191 |
NOTES | 197 |
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