Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace, (Paperback)

from Clara53

A passionately written memoir by a granddaughter on behalf of her two grandmothers who, being Jewish, survived Stalin's purges and the war. Both grandmothers ended up living in Moscow most of their lives, though they came from Poland and Ukraine in their 20s. I am not Jewish, but I feel extraordi...

from Clara53

A passionately written memoir by a granddaughter on behalf of her two grandmothers who, being Jewish, survived Stalin's purges and the war. Both grandmothers ended up living in Moscow most of their lives, though they came from Poland and Ukraine in their 20s. I am not Jewish, but I feel extraordi...

from SadieBabie

What I know of the Soviet Union is confined to the lesson plans of my Higher history class. This book offered so much more than that, and the family love which flows between the lines stops it from ever being dry. Informative, with a heart of gold.

from BudaBaby

A granddaugher's account of the survival of her Jewish grandmothers in the Soviet Union from the 1920s through the 1990s. Brings to life the terror of the purges and the contstant fear and oppression of the regime, told with great sensitivity.

from BudaBaby

A granddaugher's account of the survival of her Jewish grandmothers in the Soviet Union from the 1920s through the 1990s. Brings to life the terror of the purges and the contstant fear and oppression of the regime, told with great sensitivity.