When God Looked the Other Way
An Odyssey of War, Exile, and Redemption
With a Foreword by Norman Davies
288 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps 6 x 9
©
2004
Cloth $25.00
ISBN: 9780226004433
Published June 2004
Paper $17.00
ISBN: 9780226004440
Published April 2006
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Contents Foreword by Norman Davies Preface Acknowledgments Author's Note Part I. Poland 1. Sarny 2. The Hunt Part II. We Are Enslaved 3. A Knock on the Door 4. Train to Nowhere Part III. The Inhuman Land 5. The Russian Steppes 6. Semiozersk 7. Winter and Wolves 8. The Petroviches 9. War and Shortages 10. The Interrogation 11. Holding On 12. Starvation and Vodka 13. Tutoring 14. The Culture of Communism Part IV. Escape to Freedom 15. The Escape Plan 16. Jurek's Ordeal 17. Aboard the Kaganovich Part V. The Bitter Taste of Freedom 18. The Beach at Pahlevi 19. The Air Force Hangar 20. The Darkest Hour 21. An Unexpected Visitor 22. Shattered Hopes 23. Ahvaz 24. Desert Games 25. The Orphanage 26. The Silver Case Part VI. People without a Country 27. At the Crossroads 28. "Where the Sun Never Sets" Part VII. Journey's End 29. The Magnificent Aquitania 30. Thanksgiving Day 31. Making Peace with God Part VIII. The Passage of Time 32. For Whom the Bells Toll 33. The Circle Closes Afterword: Circumstances Surrounding the Katyn Tragedy Appendix: Letters to America Notes
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