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Bezig met laden... Dancing Under the Red Star: The Extraordinary Story of Margaret Werner, the Only American Woman to Survive Stalin's Gulag (editie 2006)door Karl Tobien
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. One of the best & most compelling books I've ever read. ( ) Although it cannot compare to Dostoyevsky's House of the Dead, it is still well worth reading. Too little has been written about the atrocities of Stalin's reign. This is the true story of one woman's trials to survive, & eventually return to her own country [the U.S]. Despite what she did have to suffer, it does seem as if she had a guardian looking after her. This is especially evident in the pickpocket's confession to her. When seeing her again in the camps, he admits that at the time she had witnessed his crime [years before] he had wanted to cut her as he had other witnesses before her, but for some reason he could not move the arm that would have allowed her to do so. The last chapter, entitled "Challenge to the Reader" is especially moving...or maybe I just find it so because it expresses what I wish I could shout from the rooftops & make everyone understand. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The shocking and inspirational saga of Margaret Werner and her miraculous survival in the Siberian death camps of Stalinist Russia. Between 1930 and 1932, Henry Ford sent 450 of his Detroit employees plus their families to live in Gorky, Russia, to operate a new manufacturing facility. This is the true story of one of those families–Carl and Elisabeth Werner and their young daughter Margaret–and their terrifying life in Russia under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin. Margaret was seventeen when her father was arrested on trumped-up charges of treason. Heartbroken and afraid, she and her mother were left to withstand the hardships of life under the oppressive Soviet state, an existence marked by poverty, starvation, and fear. Refusing to comply with the Socialist agenda, Margaret was ultimately sentenced to ten years of hard labor in Stalin’s Gulag. Filth, malnutrition, and despair accompanied merciless physical labor. Yet in the midst of inhumane conditions came glimpses of hope and love as Margaret came to realize her dependence upon “the grace, favor, and protection of an unseen God.” In all, it would be thirty long years before Margaret returned to kiss the ground of home. Of all the Americans who made this virtually unknown journey–ultimately spending years in Siberian death camps–Margaret Werner was the only woman who lived to tell about it. Written by her son, Karl Tobien, Dancing Under the Red Star is Margaret’s unforgettable true story: an inspiring chronicle of faith, defiance, and personal triumph Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)947.004130092History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period Russia Ethnic minoritiesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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