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Escape into Danger
The True Story of a Kievan Girl in World War II
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2011
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Escape into Danger tells the remarkable story of a young girl’s perilous adventures and coming of age during World War II. Born in Kiev to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, Sophia Williams chose to be identified as Jewish when she was eligible for a Soviet passport, mandatory at the age of sixteen, little realizing the life-changing consequences of her decision. Only seventeen when Germany invaded Russia in 1941, Sophia left Kiev, unwittingly escaping the Babi Yar massacre. On her journey into Russia, she fled from flooding, dodged fires and bombs, and fell in love. At Stalingrad, Sophia turned back in a futile attempt to return home to her mother. Stranded in a Nazi-occupied town, accepted as a Russian, she found work with a sympathetic German officer and felt secure until a local girl recognized her as a Jew. Within days, Sophia’s boss spirited her to safety with his family in Poland. Soon, though, Sophia was on the run again, this time to Nazi Germany, where, befriended by Germans and Hungarians, she somehow escaped detection through the rest of the war. She met and married a like-minded German soldier and started a family and business. The business thrived in post-war Germany, but the marriage deteriorated. She divorced her adulterous husband, but the vindictive, even homicidal Guido continued to dog her steps. Throughout, Sophia maintained her grit, charm, and optimism, the qualities that saved her as she time and again made her “escape into danger.”
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1468-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1470-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
292
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CONTENTS No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
AUTHOR'S NOTE No access
Chapter 1. FULL OF SPUNK No access
Chapter 2. “LET IT ROT!” No access
Chapter 3. POLITICS No access
Chapter 4. INTERNATIONALKA No access
Chapter 5. AN OMEN FULFILLED No access
Chapter 6. PARTINGS No access
Chapter 7. FLAGSHIP STALIN No access
Chapter 8. NARROW ESCAPES No access
Chapter 9. FLIGHT TO THE EAST No access
Chapter 10. THE TURNING POINT No access
Chapter 11. MY PURSE! No access
Chapter 12. STRANDED No access
Chapter 13. WAITING FOR THE ENEMY No access
Chapter 14. FACING THE INVADERS No access
Chapter 15. TO REGISTER—OR NOT? No access
Chapter 16. A PROMOTION No access
Chapter 17. “YOU HAVEN’T LOST EVERYTHING.” No access
Chapter 18. GERMAN STUDIES No access
Chapter 19. A LAMB IN SPRING No access
Chapter 20. RESCUED No access
Chapter 21. ON A NAZI TRAIN No access
Chapter 22. “GOOD LITTLE FARMER” No access
Chapter 23. A RED SILK CAMISOLE No access
Chapter 24. LORD OF THE MANOR No access
Chapter 25. RED CROSS NURSE No access
Chapter 26. THE TRUTH COMES OUT No access
Chapter 27. NEMESIS ON HORSEBACK No access
Chapter 28. FOUND! No access
Chapter 29. A PROPOSAL No access
Chapter 30. BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH No access
Chapter 31. HOPE No access
Chapter 32. HALF-CRAZY, OR IN LOVE No access
Chapter 33. CRISSCROSSING THE THIRD REICH No access
Chapter 34. “IMAGINE, RUNNING INTO YOU!” No access
