Shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association's W. K.
Hancock Prize 2018, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Prize for
Australian History 2018, and the Queensland Literary Awards USQ
History Book Award 2018
"They were often called “ Bloody Balts” and told to go back to
where they came from; yet this group of post-World War II
immigrants from Eastern Europe helped shape modern Australia with
their culture and through peaceful assimilation. Life was a hard
journey but it was also a song of hope. Jayne
Persian’s Beautiful Balts celebrates both." — Peter
Skrzynecki OAM
"A lively, well-grounded history of postwar refugees and
resettlement that makes sense of the historical and political
context while offering vivid glimpses of individual lives in
upheaval." — Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, University of
Sydney
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