Valentina

Valentina Rushbrook (1923-2016), who was born in Belarus, was one of over two million Ostarbeiter, or "Eastern workers"--women and men from the Ukraine or Belarus, who, during World War II, were forced by the Nazis into brutal slave labor in German munitions factories for three and a half years. In her book, the author tells of incredibly moving--often terrifying--experiences during her childhood, during her enslavement, and during her post-War life. This is a story of liberation, triumph, and love, as she describes the events that led from captivity to freedom; the fulfillment of a life-long dream of coming to America; and the profoundly emotional circumstances that unfolded in her marriage to one of the American soldiers who liberated her.