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In the 1930s, a Ukrainian boy from a "kulak" family survives Stalin's Holodomor, a famine that kills millions. Alone and hunted, he clings to life as loved ones vanish under a regime bent on destruction.
A decade later, Nazi forces occupy Ukraine. Deported to German labor camps, he endures inhumanity and loss but escapes after two attempts. Liberation brings no relief—the USSR returns, and survivors are silenced or mistrusted.
Back in Soviet Ukraine, he must live with trauma under a regime that demands silence over truth. Yet, he refuses to surrender his spirit.
Written in his final years, this memoir echoes today, as Russia wages war under revived Soviet symbols. Ukraine is again under siege.
Surviving Two Plagues is a stark reminder of resilience, memory, and hope amid history’s darkest times.