Australian Lithuanians

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ethnic minority can

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adv ance its cult ure an d langu age . while also lakin g a rull role in Am lrdli.ln lire.

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Dr [ames jupp. Alls/mli'lt/ /)n nogmp hic 6- ,"iocidl Rl'u (" d , l"U;lJIII',

Australian Nanonal Univl'Ni/y

AUSTRALIAN

LITHUANIANS

LUDA POPENHAGEN

In (he 1940s Australian officials searched (he displaced persons' camps of war- ravaged Euro pe

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select able-bodied, fair and

hardworking Lithua nian. Latvian and E..stonian refugees fleeing the Soviet regi me to lau nch rhe Mass Migration Scheme. l.uda l'opcnh agcn . whose pareJHs were part of (he scheme, td ls rhe swry ofhow Lithuanian mig ran ts fou nd their place in {his country, "l hcy integr ated into mainstream life whil e leading a parallel existenc e where th ey spoke (he Lithuani an language. celebra ted their cult ure and kepi up with political development s in the ir homeland. l'o pcn hagcn has collected and translated memoirs. oral histories and interviews

to

write the first comprehensive history of

Australian Lirhuanians.

UNSW PRESS

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