‘Displaced Persons’ by Dagnija Innus – a review.
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‘Displaced Persons’ by Dagnija Innus – a review.

ByEsme Zarins

Dagnija had something I didn’t have in my life, her grandparents close at hand as she grew up. I envy this because, in our ‘Latvian experience’ growing up in South London, we did not. My grandparents were far away and we never knew them. The past weighs heavily on the children of immigrants as Dagnija…

The refugee experience and the problem of providing refuge. Review of ‘A Feather on the Water: A Novel’ by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
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The refugee experience and the problem of providing refuge. Review of ‘A Feather on the Water: A Novel’ by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

ByIeva McDonald

As the child of World War 2 refugees who settled in the United Kingdom, I absorbed some information about their experiences from my parents who were both from Latvia. Terminology such as refugee, displaced person and DP camp was encountered (but not necessarily understood) at a younger age than I imagine for most children born…