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They took my father : Finnish Americans in Stalin's Russia /

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A riveting memoir of one familys struggle under a totalitarian regime."Mayme Sevander and Laurie Hertzel tell a poignant tale of a hidden corner of U.S. and Soviet history. Tracing the hopes and hardships of one family over two continents, They Took My Father explores the boundaries of loyalty,...

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Author / Creator: Sevander, Mayme, 1923-2003
Other Authors / Creators:Hertzel, Laurie.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Sevander, Mayme, > 1923-2003.
Corgan, Oscar, > 1887-1938.
Corgan, Oscar, > 1887-1938
Sevander, Mayme, > 1923-2003
Political persecution > Russia (Federation) > Karelia > History.
Immigrants > Russia (Federation) > Karelia > Biography.
Finnish Americans > Russia (Federation) > Karelia > Biography.
Finnish American communists > Biography.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953.
Karelia (Russia) > Biography.
Finnish American communists
Finnish Americans
Immigrants
Political persecution
Politics and government
Russia (Federation) > Karelia
Soviet Union
1936-1953
Biographies
History
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • You must remember
  • Big red, little red
  • The little communist
  • Pioneers again
  • Filled with hope
  • Wanting to belong
  • They took my father
  • The dark days
  • Enemy of the people
  • A grave injustice
  • Trusted to serve
  • Too late for Mother
  • No tears left
  • To know the truth
  • Faces from the past.

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