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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814121903321

Autore

Hunczak Taras <1932->

Titolo

My memoirs : life's journey through WWII and various historical events of the 21st century / / Taras Hunczak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Hamilton Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7618-6699-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Disciplina

940.530922

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

Deportees

Communism

Biographies.

Ukraine Politics and government 20th century

Ukraine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; 1 Childhood; 2 Youth-Road to the Unknown; 3 In Search of the Future; 4 The Turbulent Eighties; 5 Ukraine's Declaration of Statehood; 6 Thoughts and Memories about My 1991 Trip to Ukraine; 7 Unforgettable Referendum of December 1, 1991; 8 Independent Ukraine in Political Debates and Confrontations; 9 Between Conferences and Publications; 10 My Extended Family; 11 The Berlin Conference and Other Significant Events; 12 Maidan and Its Aftermath; Photographs of Family and Friends

Sommario/riassunto

Hunczak reflects on his youth growing up in Europe during WWII in this revealing memoir. Having witnessed prisoner of war camps and displaced persons camps, Hunczak tells unique and personal stories of tragedies and developments with a focus on the importance of friends and family.