The Ice Road An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom

by Waydenfeld, Stefan

• ISBN13: 9781607720034
• ISBN10: 1607720035
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-16
• Publisher: Aquila Polonica

Summary

These grim words greeted 14-year-old Stefan Waydenfeld and his parents at the end of their forced journey by cattle car from their home in Poland to a Stalinist labor camp in the desolate Siberian forests.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Before the Havoc	p. 1
The End of My Childhood	p. 13
Flying the Nest	p. 22
Interlude with Father	p. 38
The Lesser Evil	p. 53
The Sun Is on the Wrong Side	p. 66
Siberia-You Will Get Used to It, or Else	p. 89
He Who Does Not Work, Does Not Eat!	p. 103
The Ice Road	p. 131
Changing Fortunes	p. 155
The Beginning of the End	p. 173
On the Raft	p. 201
Journey South Down the Volga	p. 217
Wrong Turnings, Wrong Stops	p. 237
The Long Haul	p. 257
Chirakchi-A Respite	p. 273
The Short Haul	p. 288
Unpredictable Consequences	p. 302
Chimkent-A Restricted City	p. 313
Over and Out!	p. 337
Epilogue	p. 365
Historical Horizon: The Soviet Deportations and the Second Polish Corps	p. 371
Interview with the Author	p. 401
Reading Group Guide	p. 406
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