Escape into Danger
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Escape into Danger

The True Story of a Kievan Girl in World War II

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Escape into Danger

The True Story of a Kievan Girl in World War II

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This WWII memoir tells the remarkable story of a Ukrainian girl's perilous adventures and coming of age amid the chaos of war.

Born in Kiev to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, Sophia Williams chose to be identified as Jewish when she became eligible for a Soviet passport at age sixteen. She had no way of realizing the life-changing consequences of her decision. When Germany invaded Russia the following year, Sophia left Kiev and embarked on daring journey into Russia—surviving floods, dodging fires and bombs, and falling in love.

After reaching Stalingrad, Sophia found herself stranded in a Nazi-occupied town. She was safely employed by a sympathetic German officer 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 she somehow escaped detection through the rest of the war.

Her story of survival continues into the postwar years, through starting a family and business with a German soldier. But when her marriage deteriorated, even divorce was not enough to keep her vindictive and violent husband away. Throughout this difficult life, Sophia maintained the grit, charm, and optimism that saved her time and again as she made her "escape into danger."

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Publisher
Stackpole Books
Year
2023
ISBN
9781442214705
Topic
Teologia e religione
Subtopic
Biografie in ambito religioso

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Author’s Note
  3. Part I: Spring of Youth
  4. Chapter 1: Full of Spunk
  5. Chapter 2: “Let It Rot!”
  6. Chapter 3: Politics
  7. Chapter 4: Internationalka
  8. Chapter 5: An Omen Fulfilled
  9. Part II: The Steppes Aflame
  10. Chapter 6: Partings
  11. Chapter 7: Flagship Stalin
  12. Chapter 8: Narrow Escapes
  13. Chapter 9: Flight to the East
  14. Chapter 10: The Turning Point
  15. Chapter 11: My Purse!
  16. Chapter 12: Stranded
  17. Chapter 13: Waiting for the Enemy
  18. Part III: German Occupation
  19. Chapter 14: Facing the Invaders
  20. Chapter 15: To Register—or Not?
  21. Chapter 16: A Promotion
  22. Chapter 17: “You Haven’t 
Lost Everything.”
  23. Chapter 18: German Studies
  24. Chapter 19: A Lamb in Spring
  25. Chapter 20: Rescued
  26. Part IV: Eye of the Hurricane
  27. Chapter 21: On a Nazi Train
  28. Chapter 22: “Good Little Farmer”
  29. Chapter 23: A Red Silk Camisole
  30. Chapter 24: Lord of the Manor
  31. Chapter 25: Red Cross Nurse
  32. Chapter 26: The Truth Comes Out
  33. Part V: Inside Nazi Germany
  34. Chapter 27: Nemesis on Horseback
  35. Chapter 28: Found!
  36. Chapter 29: A Proposal
  37. Chapter 30: Beethoven’s Fifth
  38. Chapter 31: Hope
  39. Chapter 32: Half-Crazy, or in Love
  40. Chapter 33: Crisscrossing the Third Reich
  41. Chapter 34: “Imagine, Running into You!”
  42. Chapter 35: Off to the Alps
  43. Part VI: Postwar Germany
  44. Chapter 36: Liberated by the Americans
  45. Chapter 37: A Changed Man
  46. Chapter 38: Ten Centimes Short
  47. Chapter 39: Pedaling through the Slush
  48. Chapter 40: A Twenty-Mark Fine
  49. Chapter 41: In the Cards
  50. Chapter 42: Bird in a Maze
  51. Chapter 43: A Double Rainbow
  52. Epilogue
  53. Postscript