Description - When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk
Often overlooked in World War II accounts is the Soviet Union's brutal treatment of Polish citizens, including war crimes for which the Soviet and Russian governments have only recently admitted culpability. When God Looked the Other Way is the personal story of one of the victims of such unspeakable barbarism. Wesley Adamczyk was a young Polish boy when he was deported, after "a knock on the door," with his mother and siblings to Siberia at the onset of the war. His father, a Polish army officer, was taken prisoner by the Red Army and eventually became one of the victims of the Katyn massacre, the murder of tens of thousands of Polish officers at the hands of the Soviet secret police. Being separated and deported marked the beginning of a ten-year odyssey in which they endured years of fierce weather, meager food rations, and dangerous health conditions, first in the Soviet Union and then in Iran, where Adamczyk's mother succumbed to exhaustion after mounting a dangerous escape from the Soviets. Wandering from country to country and living in refugee camps and the homes of strangers, Adamczyk and his family struggled to survive and maintain their dignity amid the horrors of war.
Adamczyk here paints a stark picture of life in the Soviet Union and the unforgiving nature of communism and its champions. His childhood innocence becomes another of the war's casualties as he is forced to confront the inhumanity revealed in the manipulations and betrayals that obtain during times of war. A dramatic adventure that spans several continents, When God Looked the Other Way is a moving chronicle of dignity and courage during the darkest years of the twentieth century.
Buy When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.
Other Editions - When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk
A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Checking availability...
