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Leave your tears in Moscow, by Barbara Armonas as told to A.L. Nasvytis.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV8959.R9 A75
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armonienė, B. (Barbora)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political crimes and offenses--Soviet Union.
- Political crimes and offenses.
- Forced labor--Soviet Union.
- Forced labor.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages illustrations 21 cm
- Edition:
- [1st ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Lippincott [1961]
- Summary:
- Author's experiences from 1940 to 1960, from her detention in her native Lithuania as her American husband left for America, until her release through a special appeal to Mr. Khrushchev.
- Contents:
- Good-bye to John
- The Germans come
- The Red Army returns
- Deportation
- Novostroika
- the forest village
- The journey to Irkutsk
- The Irkutsk jurta
- The arrest
- The trial
- The transient prison
- Camp No. 104
- Camp Userda
- The slow road to freedom
- I am free
- Back to Lithuania with Johnny
- I settle down
- The Khrushchev promise
- Release and reunion.
- Notes:
- Autobiographical.
- Local Notes:
- Library's copy is signed by the author.
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Armonas, Barbara. Leave your tears in Moscow.
- OCLC:
- 1042831
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