The Second World War -- the worst thing that ever happened. For Poland, the War began in September 1939 when Hitler invaded from the west and Stalin from the east. Among their victims was a five-year-old named Basia Deszberg, her father and brother were shot by the Russians in the Katyn Forest massacres. Meanwhile she, her sister, and their mother were loaded into a cattle car for a horrific three-week journey to the steppes of Kazakhstan, there to survive as best they could. Over the next eight years, Basia would escape through Persia, Lebanon, and Egypt to safe haven in England. Daniel Ford grew up in a United States mired by the Great Depression. Europe's agony was America's windfall! Dan went from hardscrabble poverty to a college degree and a fellowship that took him to the English university where Basia was also a student. This is the story of their meeting, their travels, and their parting. It is, promises the author, both a love story and a history lesson, and one you will never forget.
- ISBN10 1304732436
- ISBN13 9781304732439
- Publish Date 20 December 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English