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8 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 2015 Natalka Sonevytsky , UNWLA Branch 64, New York, NY. When the war ended, I was in Bayreuth, known as the city of famous German composer Richard Wagner. My family (mother, father, my sister Larysa, and I) fled my home town Stanys- laviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) through Slovakia and Austria—the last part of the journey (250 km) by foot. When we finally reached Bavaria and Bay- reuth, the city was totally bombed out with lots and lots of refugees from Eastern Europe and American soldiers. Before the Ukrainian camp for displaced persons was formed there, some of us lived with German families temporarily. I re- member that we lived with an elderly couple Herr und Frau Hoffman. The reason why I remember them well is because when I went to see my first opera ( Madam Butterfly ) Frau Hoffman pinned a fresh flower corsage on my dress. I don't remem- ber the moment when I found out about the end of the war, most likely from my father who was in touch with other Ukrainians, probably from the radio news. Being eleven at the time, I was just glad that we had a roof over our heads, a bed to sleep in, and not the horrible conditions of our journey from home. Oksana Bondaruk , L’viv, Ukraine. In May of 1945, I was an eight-year old girl, but I vividly remember my parents’ reactions to the news that the war had ended. My family had just moved to L’viv where my father got a job at the Pedagogical College. We were living in a small apartment in the college building and heard the news over the radio. The news stirred mixed emotions in my family and in many families in Western Ukraine. There was joy, certainly, but also much fear and uncertainty about the future. The first Soviet oc- cupation of Western Ukraine had already shown to most of us the ruthlessness of the Soviet re- gime, and in 1945 residents of L’viv had every rea- son to expect even greater cruelty from it—after L’viv had spent some time under the German oc- cupation. That fear of possible persecution lin- gered on in our family for years after the war’s end. Even though at such a young age I did not fully understand my parents’ concerns, I could sense a profound change in the overall atmos- phere in my family and the city in general. (Interviewed by Olesia Wallo) На ша обкла динка Ніна С. Климовська студіювала мистецтво у Пенсильванській Академії Мистецтва у Філадельфії, 1958-63 рр. Мисткиня виставляла свої картини на персональних виставках в різних місцевостях Америки. Неодноразово п.Климовська брала участь у збірних мистецьких виставках. Її праці прикрашають приватні колекції в Ню Йорку, Філадельфії та у Великій Британії. Our Cover Artist Nina S. Klymowska studied Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, 1958-1963. The artist’s works have been displayed in personal exhibitions in various parts of the United States. They were also a part of many group exhibitions. Her works are found in private collections in New York, Philadelphia, and Great Britain.
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