Epic Journey - The Life and Times of Wasyl Kushnir

This account follows one man's journey through the 20th Century's Communist experiment in Soviet Ukraine, the Second World War, and the struggles and successes of immigrants in the United States in the second half of the century. It is a tale of war, murder, famine, suffering, danger, and, ultimately, happiness.

List of contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Family History
Dispossession and Father's Arrest
My Mother's Travails
My Life After the Arrests of My Parents
The Holodomor
My Parents, and Their Lives During and After the Holodomor
I Rejoin My Parents
Uncle Danylo
Life with My Parents in Bilychi
The German Army Enters Kyiv
Return to Nova Bubnivka
Conscription to Forced Labor in Germany
Correspondence I Received as a Forced Laborer in Germany
The War Ends; I Am Set Free
Life in the Refugee Camp, Regensburg, Germany
I Start My Own Family
We Immigrate to the United States
Life in Chicago
Reconnecting with my Mother
Family Life in Chicago
Move to Palatine, Illinois
Our Family in America
Our Move to Florida. The Family Grows
Last Thoughts

About the author

Andrei Kushnir is an American artist/author of Ukrainian-American descent. He is the author of Oh, Shenandoah, Paintings of the Historic Valley and River; Painted History, and other collections of his artistic works.  He is a graduate of the University of Illinois (BA), Georgetown University (MA) and Howard University School of Law (JD), and served as a civilian attorney with the Federal Aviation Administration, and U.S. Department of the Navy.

Summary

Wasyl Andreievych Kushnir was born in Ukraine in 1923, and was witness to the tragedies and horrors of the early years of collectivization under the Soviet regime in his homeland. This book attests to the struggle for survival under the harsh Soviet regime in Ukraine, the importance of family, and the endurance of the human spirit.

Product details

• Authors: Andrei Kushnir, Rev. Oles Tymoshenko, Yaryna Tymoshenko
• Assisted by: Oles Tymoshenko (Translation), Rev. Oles Tymoshenko (Translation), Yaryna Tymoshenko (Translation)
• Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781644691106
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-110-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 309 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Biography / Autobiography