My Memoirs

Life’s Journey through WWII and Various Historical Events of the 21st Century

Taras Hunczak

The first part of the book reflects the context of life within the totalitarian systems of Communism and Nazism. The author witnessed the mass deportations under Communism and mass executions of Jews, known as the Holocaust, and other tragic events during WWII, which left their mark on our consciousness. The memoir is a revealing story of the life of deportees, who spent two years in a camp working with the prisoners of war and then, after their liberation by the American Army, spent four years in Displaced Persons Camps. These life experiences constituted not only a period of various limitations, but also a time of psychological and intellectual development. The book conveys many details of those experiences and provides an insight into the complexities and a joyful success in the free society in the U.S.A.

Hamilton Books

Pages: 246 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-6698-5 • Paperback • December 2015 • $49.99 • (£38.00)

978-0-7618-6699-2 • eBook • December 2015 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography / Educators, History / Europe / Eastern, History / Holocaust, History / Military / World War II

My Memoirs

Life’s Journey through WWII and Various Historical Events of the 21st Century

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Summary

The first part of the book reflects the context of life within the totalitarian systems of Communism and Nazism. The author witnessed the mass deportations under Communism and mass executions of Jews, known as the Holocaust, and other tragic events during WWII, which left their mark on our consciousness. The memoir is a revealing story of the life of deportees, who spent two years in a camp working with the prisoners of war and then, after their liberation by the American Army, spent four years in Displaced Persons Camps. These life experiences constituted not only a period of various limitations, but also a time of psychological and intellectual development. The book conveys many details of those experiences and provides an insight into the complexities and a joyful success in the free society in the U.S.A.

Details

Hamilton Books

Pages: 246 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-6698-5 • Paperback • December 2015 • $49.99 • (£38.00)

978-0-7618-6699-2 • eBook • December 2015 • $47.50 • (£37.00)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Biography & Autobiography / Educators, History / Europe / Eastern, History / Holocaust, History / Military / World War II

Author

Taras Hunczak received B.S and M.A. from Fordham University and Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. Stating in 1960 he taught history at Rutgers University and offered semester courses in Ukrainian history at Columbia University and at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Fulbright Scholar he taught history in Ukraine at the Kyiv Shevchenko University and at the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute. He has also given seminar lectures at the London School of Economics and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. At the same time he authored and edited numerous historical books.

Table of Contents

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