27 episodios
Bitter Honey. The book. Unpublished. Izabella
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Eight-year old Niunia put to work in a labour camp in Stalin’s Siberia. An account of crimes now forgotten. A tale of courage, friendship and humanity in darkness. A true story, the forgotten odyssey of a Polish family uprooted and imprisoned. Who will save little Niunia? Will she ever see her home again? Written by Dr. Janina Czernik-Spyrkowa. Edited, translated and narrated by her daughter. Dedicated to Maria, the main heroine of this tale. This chronicle of memory and landscape is offered with the love of life which is a tribute to both Maria’s and Janina’s spirit. ©℗ Izabella Kay 2020
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Chapter 15 THE RETURN part 2
Fifty years on and the three sisters decide to return to their homeland, still in the Soviet Union. The cruellest fate of the Jewish people recounted. The Orthdox Church. The landscape that sustained.
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Chapter 15 THE RETURN part 1
Another train journey. Edmund‘s fate in General Anders’ army. A surprise meeting in Egypt. Scattered photos and a broken mirror. New life in newly redrawn Poland.
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Chapter 14 LILA part 2
1944. Another trip to an unknown land. A new life in Krasnoje. Lila’s sacrifice. Farewells and arrivals. The taste of fruit. Goodbyes.
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Chapter 14 LILA part 1
Lila’s courage. The fate of Mikolaj and Jakub’s Golden Hut and its inhabitants.
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Chapter 13 THE JUDGMENT part 2
Niunia’s fall. Soviet chief nurse: ‘You will dance by the end of April’. Those who go and those who return.