Siege of Leningrad survivor Rita Davidova shares her story
I recently met Russian Holocaust survivor Rita Davidova at a pre-High Holiday dinner in Aventura organized by Moran Alfasi, ...
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Nearly 80 years after World War II, their voices recall the struggle
Katie Sanders Their lives were intertwined by war, the siege of Leningrad, and 40 years as friends working in the same factory. But romance blossomed only after both became widowers. Valentina was ...
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Seeds of hope in the siege of Leningrad
The idea was revolutionary – yet there was something ancient at its heart. The scientist Nikolai Vavilov, arriving in ...
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MS - The Forbidden Garden
We spend most of the hour with Simon Parkin, author of "The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and their Impossible Choice." The book tells the extraordinary and true story of the ...