A Traveller in Time: Autobiography of Alfred Brameller

Brameller, Alfred

Verlag: Self-Published, 2004

Beschreibung

2004, self-published autobiography. Sub-title reads: "From war torn Poland through Siberia and India to England. From hardship and despair through hard work to fulfilment." Folio. 193pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth, paper title label to upper cover. Binding square and firm. A 'Very Good' copy. Scarce. Dr Alfred Brameller was born in Poland in 1927 and grew up in a Catholic orphanage until he was six years old, after which a family cared for him until he was 12. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War he was reunited with his mother and aunt, but they soon had to flee eastwards and were taken prisoners by the Russians. They were transported by rail across Siberia, then by road to a forced labour camp. After about fifteen months they were taken to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where they had to fend for themselves, eventually working on a collective farm. Conditions were so poor that both his mother and aunt died from starvation. Alfred survived the hardships before being sent to an orphanage in Northern India. At the age of 15 he went to Liverpool to join the Polish Navy in exile, before learning English and breaking into the world of academia. He subsequently earned a PhD and afterwards joined the Electrical Energy and Power Systems group at the University of Manchester?s Institute of Science and Technology. He was one of only two people in the country to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Power Systems. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014779

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Traveller in Time: Autobiography of Alfred...

Verlag: Self-Published

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition