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In this autobiography, the daughter of a persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox priest relives the Holodomor - death by starvation in which Stalin claims as many as 10 million lives in 1930s Ukraine. Vera Smereka's nightmare continues in World War II when she is deported to Berlin to become a Nazi slave in Hitler's Ostarbeiter programme. This is a piece of European history as told by a survivor who finally finds her freedom in the City of Bradford, England.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
The Girl from Ukraine by Vera Smereka
If you didn't realise how lucky you were to live in a western democratic country at the present time, this book will certainly bring you back to reality with a jolt!
The author's account of the events in her life gives you a clear insight into a part of the world's history that has not been well documented for a western reader - until now. She survives one of the greatest national tragedies to affect Ukraine in modern history where between the years of 1932 and 1934 up to 10 million Ukrainians died of starvation on an unprecedented peacetime scale.
Vera Smereka then became a Nazi slave after being deported to Berlin where, through her vivid descriptions of the conditions she encountered, we are shown how everyday life became a matter of survival or death. Through her own determination and resilience we follow her through to a happy ending where she finds peace and security - but it is a personal battle that is fought long and hard.
I found this book hard to put down, though her writing at any given time you feel as if you are there watching it all happen, but you are powerless to help.
The Girl from Ukraine by Vera Smereka is a precious, factual piece of modern history which has been long overdue. It's arrival should particularly be welcomed by anyone with an interest in early 1930s Ukraine and early 1940s Germany.
If you didn't realise how lucky you were to live in a western democratic country at the present time, this book will certainly bring you back to reality with a jolt!
The author's account of the events in her life gives you a clear insight into a part of the world's history that has not been well documented for a western reader - until now. She survives one of the greatest national tragedies to affect Ukraine in modern history where between the years of 1932 and 1934 up to 10 million Ukrainians died of starvation on an unprecedented peacetime scale.
Vera Smereka then became a Nazi slave after being deported to Berlin where, through her vivid descriptions of the conditions she encountered, we are shown how everyday life became a matter of survival or death. Through her own determination and resilience we follow her through to a happy ending where she finds peace and security - but it is a personal battle that is fought long and hard.
I found this book hard to put down, though her writing at any given time you feel as if you are there watching it all happen, but you are powerless to help.
The Girl from Ukraine by Vera Smereka is a precious, factual piece of modern history which has been long overdue. It's arrival should particularly be welcomed by anyone with an interest in early 1930s Ukraine and early 1940s Germany.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The Girl from Ukraine
I'm in the happy position of actually knowing the author (and I knew her husband, too, when I was a little girl). I can verify the truthfulness of the author of this fabulous book. It doesn't go into all the horror in detail of the author's experiences, but it is a story that should be read about a region of the world that is often forgotten.
I'm in the happy position of actually knowing the author (and I knew her husband, too, when I was a little girl). I can verify the truthfulness of the author of this fabulous book. It doesn't go into all the horror in detail of the author's experiences, but it is a story that should be read about a region of the world that is often forgotten.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is a wonderful and much-needed book. While there are few people in this world who don't know about the Nazi Holocaust, next to nobody is aware of the genocide in Ukraine that took place a few years earlier; a genocide that shockingly killed millions more Ukrainians than Hitler did Jews.
My grandmother lived a very similar life to the author, and I have grown up knowing many incredible women and men who survived truly horrendous times.
This book is well-written and moving.
Recommended for everyone.
My grandmother lived a very similar life to the author, and I have grown up knowing many incredible women and men who survived truly horrendous times.
This book is well-written and moving.
Recommended for everyone.
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