Memoirs

This book vividly portrays the bitter trials of life in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. It is a story of the authors recollections of abject poverty and total intimidation in which his terrified parents and villagers lived under the dictatorships of the Soviet Union from the forcible collectivization to the advent of World War II, and of the Nazi Germany during the temporary German occupation of the Caucasus. The author rebelled against the heartrending and unforgettable mistreatment of the people by both dictatorships during the war. This frequently endangered his life and forced him to flee, leaving behind everything dear to himfriends, relatives, parents, native village, and country. Thus he wandered through Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Italy, at times as a hunted fugitive. He survived the war and two forcible repatriations back to the Soviet Unionfirst from Austria, and then from Italy; then he moved to Jordan, lived there for eight years, and finally immigrated to the United States of America in 1956. Mr. Natho found shelter in the best and freest country in the world. The book is highly interesting, informative, and easy to read. It is filled, not only with the cruelties and horrors of the war and dictatorships, but also with human passion, kindness, heroism, and love. It will enrich your soul and experience.