![]() In the end, nothing was clear, and no choice perfect. These life-and-death questions were debated thoroughly in almost every Galician household in the final days of the German presence in Lviv. There was no certainty to life as a refugee and no guarantee of a better life. Picture of Solomea Krushelnytska from the cover of my book Andy Semotiuk Family Debatesīefore they left, my family met with our great aunt Solomea debating their options with heart-wrenching anguish. ![]() If they were lucky, they hoped to find peace somewhere until life was restored to normal and they could return home. Like thousands of others, they would have to start elsewhere with nothing and live their lives in the chaotic circumstances of war-torn Europe. They would have to flee to save their lives. After experiencing the barbaric deeds of the NKVD (Soviet secret police), which included the slaughter of some ten thousand members of the Ukrainian intelligentsia in Galicia, my family was at risk. This was not to support the Germans, since their treatment of Ukrainians during their occupation showed they were no better than the Soviets, but simply to escape the Soviet incoming threat. For these reasons, my family was among the one hundred thousand Ukrainians to join a mass exodus westward as the Soviets approached Lviv. Earlier in the war, the Soviets had killed my uncle Les’ko and arrested my grandfather, who was lucky to have escaped. ![]() The incoming Soviet army brought existential problems with them. What To Stream This Week On Netflix HBO Amazon Prime Video Disney Apple TV And More Existential Problems
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