Michalska Franceska - Stubborn Life Hardship And Hope In Ukraine Kazakhstan Poland - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The end of the 1920s the author's first memory: a knock on the door and the arrest of her uncle guilty of 'anti - Soviet activities. He is to be executed. Born in 1923, a dozen or so kilometers from the pre - war Polish - Soviet border Franceska Michalska is a citizen of occupied Ukraine. Her family finding a nest of eggs to eat miraculously survive the great famine of 1931 32 before falling victim to growing Stalinist terror and the mass deportation of Poles from the region to Kazakhstan. All the while Franceska dreams of studying medicine. 8,000 km and infinite difficulties later she enters Poland and becomes a doctor finally obtaining the Polish nationality she never had. Writing in a heartfelt yet matter - of - fact style Michalska brilliantly evokes daily life under Russian occupation. Now more than ever this memoir reads like a warning against history repeating while at the same time offering a testament to human strength and to hope.
Title: Stubborn Life Hardship And Hope In Ukraine Kazakhstan Poland
Author(s): Michalska Franceska
Publisher: World Editions
Barcode: 9781642861525
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 11/5/2024
Category: Memoirs