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The Ice Road

An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom

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The Ice Road

By: Stefan Waydenfeld
Narrated by: Ken Kliban
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About this listen

In a forgotten chapter of history, 1.5 million Polish civilians - arbitrarily arrested by Stalin as enemies of the people following the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 - were deported to slave-labor camps throughout the most inhospitable forests and steppes of the Soviet Union. The Ice Road is the gripping story of young Stefan Waydenfeld and his family, deported by cattle car in 1940 to the frozen wastes of the Russian arctic north.

©1999 Stefan Waydenfeld; 2005, 2010 Alice Faintich. Historical Horizon and Reading Group Guide, 2010 Aquila Polonica Ltd. (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Eastern Europe Historical Military Russia Soviet Union War Stalin Imperialism

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Most relevant
The Ice Road - What a Journey not only for the author
but for the listener as well.
How Stefan and his family came through such a journey
is miraculous.
I liked narration to me he sounded like a scare 14 - 16 years old boy.

The Ice Road - What a Journey

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The title is slightly misleading. The Ice Road is a relatively small part of the story. This is a tale of hunger homelessness and more. It could have been shorter, some parts just seemed like filler.

Some interesting parts

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