My Grandfather's Mill: Journey to Freedom - Softcover

Melnyk, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1436336562 ISBN 13: 9781436336567

Publisher: Xlibris US, 2008

Synopsis

My Grandfather s Mill Journey to Freedom is a true story part history part biography It focuses on two families and their two infant children Andrew and Chrystyna born in Western Ukraine at the height of the Second World War Their parents fought for Ukrainian independence throughout the years of Polish occupation the invasion of Stalin s Bolshevik forces and during the years of Hitler s Nazi terror Members of both their families were murdered by one or another of the occupying armies Family accounts of concentration camps refugee camps of war crimes brutality and uncertainty of hope courage and unexpected generosity are interwoven with the historical realities of the time They were among the lucky ones who found freedom in North America Half a century after they left their homeland Andrew and Chrystyna returned They discovered the villages of their birth found family members they didn t know existed experienced their culture fi rst hand and fi nally began to make sense of their place in history This book is written for future generations for all those who have lived in two very different worlds for victims of wars present day refugees immigrants and especially for those who were born and have always lived in a free country and never experienced the horrors of war

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1436336562
• ISBN 13: 9781436336567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400