Do Svidaniya is a true account of a love story between a young Russian girl and a young Allies soldier who met and fell in love during World War II. It tells of their growing love for each other and their need to remain together which transcended the rational advice of those around them, and the total rejection of the perils that would likely beset them in their fierce determination to remain together.The story that follows tells of lucky escapes from capture, but also of the help that was given to them by friends and a ...
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Do Svidaniya is a true account of a love story between a young Russian girl and a young Allies soldier who met and fell in love during World War II. It tells of their growing love for each other and their need to remain together which transcended the rational advice of those around them, and the total rejection of the perils that would likely beset them in their fierce determination to remain together.The story that follows tells of lucky escapes from capture, but also of the help that was given to them by friends and a frail old German lady, who sympathizes with the desperate couple. It tells of the Russians and the British who aided them. It shows how friends become instant enemies, and enemies become friends. How help arrives in unexpected ways, and tells of the final showdown in Paris. This is a memoir of a real love story between two young people, that risked everything in order to remain together despite the perils that awaited and displays a story of hope, love and loss.
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