LAST TRAIN TO FREEDOM
A YOUNG JEWISH FAMILY'S ESCAPE FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
LAST TRAIN TO FREEDOM
Description
Last Train to Freedom is a story of a young Jewish couple with a small child escaping the Communist Soviet Union to the United States of America in the late nineteen seventies. The author's narrative is a raw account of a young Jewish woman growing up indoctrinated by the communist ideology. A chance encounter on the streets of Soviet Kyiv compelled 21-year-old Galina to confront the painful truth of the brutal history of her homeland and her family. The author's refugee tale pulls a curtain on life in the Soviet Union that remains a mystery to so many. The author brings us into the most intimate and excruciating moments of her life as she chooses a chance for freedom and love at the price of everything and everyone she has known.
"If you only read one memoir this year, consider reading this one.
"This book belongs in every school and university..."
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage and antisemitism is on the rise, Last Train to Freedom remains relevant, bringing to the forefront the fragility of freedom and cautioning us that history repeatedly teaches us that evil rises when good people stay silent.
"... Incredible story is both awe-inspiring and thrilling and reads like a movie."
"... Inspiring, uplifting, and full of loss and sadness at the same time."
"Historians and casual readers will find [Galina's] tales informative, fascinating, valuable, emotional, and inspirational."
"An extraordinary insight into the fight for freedom; each page will take you on a journey as beautiful and profound as the author's own."
Last Train to Freedom distinguishes itself through its personal narrative, historical significance, emotional depth, and relevance to contemporary issues, making it a compelling and unique memoir.
The Jersalem Post
July 13,2023
THE LONG JOURNEY FROM KYIV TO CALIFORNIA
by Eli Kavon
Rabbi at Congregation Anshei Sholom
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-750174.
"I suggest Millennials read Galina Cherny's personal, emotional, and detailed 2022 memoir Last Train to Freedom. It is a harrowing story of a young Jewish family's escape from behind the Iron Curtain. It is a must-read for those who romanticize socialism and have forgotten the realities of America's "Cold War" with the Soviet Union. And it is an important reminder to those involved in the movement to liberate Soviet Jews how important the protests of USSR human rights abuses were."
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